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at least three pairs on April 3rd ; seventeen in a flock, 

 and, I think, the usual three or four pairs on the 9th ; 

 about a dozen from 15th to 17th {Claud B. Ticehurst). 



Lincolnshire. — During the first fortnight in April I have 

 constantly seen parties of Crossbills in Hartsholme Wood, 

 near Lincoln. I have several times heard the males 

 singing, and have seen pairs apart from the flocks, but 

 have as yet no proof of nesting. I am informed that the 

 birds have been in these woods since the beginning of 

 the year {Rev. F. L. Blathwayt). 



Monmouth. — A small flock towards the end of February 

 near Abergavenny, and two Crossbills on March 27th 

 were observed fighting, and one (a cock) was picked 

 up damaged {W. Baker-Gabb). 



Montgomery. — Small party passing over on April 16th at 

 Churchstoke {H. E. Forrest). 



Norfolk. — Twenty on March 6th at Castle Rising ; two 

 pairs on the 19th ; twenty on the 20th ; six on the 

 23rd {N. Tracy). Still a few at Northrepps on April 

 4th, and at Keswick on April 8th {J. H. Gurney). About 

 forty in Southacre Wood, S waff ham {G. H olden). 



Shropshire. — On April 3rd they seemed to have left 

 the neighbourhood of Wenlock, where they had been 

 numerous up to the early part of March, but a small 

 flock was observed passing over to the westward on April 

 10th (H. E. Forrest). February 6th was the last date they 

 were seen at Dowles {cf. supra, p. 304) {J. Steele Elliott). 



Surrey. — About twenty on March 31st, 1910, at Windleshani, 

 on the borders of Windsor Forest. They had been there 

 some time {B. E. Stilwell). Six on March 25th on Leith 

 Hill {H. R. Tutt). Numerous flocks of sixty and twenty 

 to thirty, many smaller parties and one or two pairs 

 on March 28th on Leith Hill. Frequently heard the song, 

 which was short and feeble, not dissimilar to that of a 

 Bullfinch, but certainly inferior. A pair on March 27th 

 (male singing) and a few on April 3rd near Limpsfield. 

 Four on April 10th at Godstone {H. Bentham). Large 

 numbers on March 13th-20th near Wey bridge {J. Beddall 

 Smith). 



Sussex. — A pair on March 20th near East Grinstead {H. 

 Bentham). A pair on April 3rd at Groombridge (F. 

 Anderson, Field, 16, iv., 1910). Since January 14th to 

 April 22nd, in varying numbers up to a dozen at 

 Uckfield, Maresfield, Buxted and Framfield (R. Morris). 



