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THE GRASSHOPPER-WARBLER. 



Locustella ncevia (Bodd.). 



The arrival of this species in England generally escapes 

 observation, and the records are mostly those of single birds 

 recorded from widely scattered localities. 



The first arrival reported was at the St. Catherine^s light, 

 where one was killed on the 15th of April. This was the 

 only lighthouse record. 



The species evidently arrived gradually during the last 

 week of April and the first week of May, by which time it 

 was distributed throughout the greater part of the country. 



On the 20th of May it was nesting in Cumberland, and 

 on the same date a nest with six eggs was found in Bei'k- 

 shire, while one with five eggs was reported from Derby on 

 the 22nd 



Chronological Summary of the Records, 



April 15. Hants lights. 



„ 23. Hants, Leicester. 



„ 24. Kent, Worcester. 



„ 25. Hants (resident). 



„ 26. Berks, Norfolk. 



„ 27. Norfolk (several). 



„ 28. Glamorgan. 



„ 29. Surrey, Oxford. 



May 2. Surrey. 



„ 3. Hants, Berks, Shropshire. 



