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from these it appears that only three examples o£ the smaller 

 race were obtained after the 1st of May. Of ihe larger 

 race, some were obtained at Hanois light (Guernsey) as 

 early as the 20th/21st of April, at St. Catherine's light 

 (Hants) on the 22nd/2ord, a single bird at the Skerries 

 light (Anglesey) on the 25th/26th of May, and a few at one 

 of the Pembroke lights on the night of the 25th/26th of 

 April. 



Chronological Summary of the Records. 



March 14th. Sussex. 



J, 19th. Devon, Dorset. 



20th. Cornwall. 

 „ 20th/21st. Pembroke light. 

 „ 21st. Northumberland. 



„ 23rd to 25th. Devon (passing on the south coast). 

 „ 24th. Hants. 



„ 25th. Kent, Suffolk, Staffordshire, C^heshire. 

 „ 2Gth. Cornwall (increase). Herts, Norl'olk. 

 „ 27th. Brecon. 



„ 27th to 31st. Devon (passing on the south coast). 

 „ 28tb. Bedford, Denbigh. 

 „ 29th. Essex (passing). 

 „ 29th/30th. Glamorgan, Pembroke and Carnarvon 



lights. 

 „ 30th. Carnarvon, Renfrew. 

 „ 30th/31st. Guernsey, Hants and Carnarvon lights. 

 „ 31st. Sussex and Staffordshire (increase). Wilts, 



Montgomery, Cumberland. 

 „ 3 1st/ April 1st. Isle of Man light. 

 April 1st. Hants (increase). Brecon (slight increase). 



Glamorgan, Yorkshire. 

 „ lst/2nd. Guernsey, Hants and Isle of Man lights. 

 „ 2nd. Surrey, Isle of Man. 



„ 2nd/3rd. Guernsey and Dorset lights. 

 „ 3rd. Kent (slight increase). Middlesex, Essex, 



Gloucester, Hereford, Ayr. 

 ,, 3rd to 9th. Devon (passing on the south coast), 



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