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throughout England generally, an increase being noted in 

 many counties, especially in the north, where hitherto the 

 numbers had been small, and by this time, the bulk of our 

 breeding-stock had evidently arrived. 



Further immigrations, however, continued to make their 

 appearance, notably between the 13th and ir)th, and chiefly on 

 the eastern half of the south coast ; again between the 18th 

 and 20th, chiefly on the western half ; and possibly also on 

 the 25th and 26th in Cornwall and Sussex. 



House-Martins were first seen in Cumberland on the 3r(l 

 of May and in Westmoreland on the 6th. 



They were building in Yorkshire on the 6th, in Hants and 

 Staffordshire on the 7th, in Sussex on the 9th, in Berks on 

 the 11th, in Kent, Lancashire and Staffordshire on the 12th 

 and in Derby on the 17th. 



Chronological Summary of the Records. 



]\Tarcli 30. Hants. 



April 1. Cornwall, Somerset, Isle of Man. 



„ 2. Dorset. 



„ 3. Radnor. 



„ 5. Herts. 



„ 7. Surrey, Warwick. 



,, 9. Dorset, Lincoln. 



„ 13. Devon (many), Hants, Essex, Suffolk, Yorkshire. 



„ 14. Devon (decrease), Hants (increase), Somerse-, 

 Wilts (few), Surrey, Berks, Worcester, York- 

 shire. 



„ 15. Devon lights, Hants (decrease), Somerset, AVilis, 

 Berks, Shropshire. 



16. Shropshire (increase), Leicester. 



17. Shropshire (decrease), Staffordshire Tfew). 



18. Dorset (few). 



19. Kent, Somerset, Staffordshire (decrease). 



20. Radnor, Lancashire, Isle of Man. 



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