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become settled in their summer-haunts, but smaller movements 

 seem to have continued in the west till the 20th of May. 

 The first egg was recorded from Yorkshire on the 18th. 



To account for the unusually early arrival of the Cuckoo 

 in 1907 one must take into consideration the exceptional 

 climatic conditions of the spring, the summer-like weather 

 which prevailed during the latter half of March over 

 the whole of England and Wales, as well as South-western 

 Europe. 



Chronological Summary of the Records. 



March 26. Gloucester. 

 „ 29. Hereford. 

 „ 30-31. Wilts. 

 „ 31. Dorset, Hants, Gloucester, 

 April 1. Devon, Sussex, Gloucester. 



5. Wilts. 



7. Kent, Wilts. 

 „ 8. Devon, Sussex, Kent, Lancashire. 



9. Wilts. 

 „ 10. Devon. 

 „ 11. Oxford. 

 „ 12. Devon, Wilts. 

 „ 13. Devon, Kent. 

 „ 11. Hants, Kent, Surrey, Berks, Cambridge, 



Leicester. 

 „ 15. Devon, Kent. 



„ 17. Kent, Essex, Somerset, Leicester, Yorkshire. 

 „ 19. Sussex, Norfolk, Hereford, Cheshire. 

 „ 20. Dorset. 

 „ 21. Lincoln. 

 „ 22. Hants, Surrey, Herts, Shropshire, Merioneth, 



Denbigh. 

 „ 23. Dorset, Somerset, Gloucester, Suffolk. 

 „ 24. Hants lights, Hants, Sussex (increase), Kent 

 (slight increase), Berks, Bucks, 



