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THE RED-BACKED SHRIKE. 



Lanius collurio L. 



This species appears to have arrived somewbat late, either 

 sinfrly or in very small numbers, on the south-eastern portion 

 of the coast of England. 



ThQ Jirst record was that of a bird observed in Hants on 

 April the 20th ; other individuals were reported from Essex 

 on the 28th, Norfolk on May the 4th, Kent on the 7th, Sussex 

 and Worcester on the 8th, Berks and Somerset on the 9th, 

 Cambridge on the 10th, Merioneth on the 12th, and Hereford 

 and Radnor on the 13th. The species was seen in Yorkshire 

 on the 23rd, a rather rare occurrence. 



Nests with eggs were reported on May the 13tli from 

 Cambridge and on the 17th from Hants and Sussex. 



All ths evidence tends to show that the species begins 

 nesting operations very shortly after its arrival. 



The only record from the lighthouses was one bird taken 

 at St. Catherine's on May the 20th. 



Chronological Summary of the Records. 



April 20. Hants. 



„ 28, Essex. 



May 4. Norfolk. 



„ 7. Kent. 



„ 8. Sussex, Worcester. 



„ 9. Kent, Hants, Sussex, Somerset, Berks. 



„ 10. Somerset (slight increase), Surrey, Cambridge. 



„ 11. Middlesex. 



„ 12. Devon, Wilts, Merioneth. 



