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THE WRYNECK. 



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The Wryneck, like some other migratory species, seems to 

 arrive singly or in very small parties. It aj)pears to have 

 landed on the south-eastern portion of the coast, for, with the 

 exception of a single bird killed at the Portland Bill light on 

 the loth of April, it was not recorded from Cornwall, Devon 

 or Dorset. 



On the night of April the 15th five were killed at St. Ca- 

 therine's light, Hants, but, with the exception of these, no 

 others were recorded from the lights. 



The earliest records were received from Suffolk and Herts 

 on the 2Gth of March, and between that date and the end of 

 the month single birds were noted in Hants, Sussex, Kent 

 and Monmouth. 



On the 1st of April single individuals were reported from 

 Berks and Leicester respectively ; on the 2nd two were 

 noted in Somerset, and single individuals were seen in 

 Surrey and Worcester on the 4th and in Denbigh on the 6th. 



After the 15th there was an increase in the number of 

 birds in various counties, and they were reported as " settling- 

 down " in Sussex, Wilts, Surrey and Berks during the last 

 fortnight of April. 



Wrynecks were recorded from Bucks on the 17th, and 

 from Shropshire and Staffordshire on the 20th, but as the 

 species was not recorded again from the two last-named 

 counties, these birds may have been merely stragglers. None 

 were observed in the eastern counties till late, a single bird 

 was seen in Suffolk on the IHhanda slight increase was noted 

 on the 19th ; the first birds were seen in Essex on the 20th, 

 in Cambridge on the 21st, and in Norfolk on the 25th. 



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