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ments were doubtless passage migrants on their way to 

 nesting-quarters further north, as our own summer-residents 

 had settled down to the serious business o£ breeding long ere 

 they had passed. 



Whitethroats were nesting in Somerset, Surrey and Car- 

 marthen on the 7th of May, in Montgomery on the 8th, and 

 in Grlamorgan on the 13th. Nests with eggs were found in 

 Hertfordshire and Staffordshire on the 14th, in Hampshire 

 and Suffolk on the 15th, in Hadnor and Warwick on the 

 17th, and in Yorkshire on the 18th. 



Cheonological Summary of the Records. 



April 2nd. Essex. 



„ 7th. Sussex, Westmoreland. 



„ 13th. Somerset, Suffolk. 



„ 16th. Brecon. 



,, 17th. Devon, Staffordshire, Leicester. 



„ 18th. Dorset, Derby. 



„ 19th. Montgomery, Notts. 



„ 20th. Surrey, Gloucester^ Cumberland. 



„ 21st. Cornwall, Hants, Berks, Cheshire, York- 



shire. 



„ 22nd. Kent, Wilts, Cambridge, Worcester, Den- 

 bigh. 



„ 22nd/23rd. Hants light. 



„ 23rd. Sussex, Berks, Leicester and Yorkshire 

 (increase). Derby (slight increase). 

 Middlesex, Herts, Essex. 



,, 24th. Somerset, Gloucester and StaflPordshi re 

 (increase). Hants (slight increase). 

 Yorkshire (decrease). Glamorgan, 

 Monmouth, Northampton, Northumber- 

 land. 



„ 24th/25th. Guernsey light. 



„ 24th to 27th. Berks (large influx). 



„ 25th. Cheshire (slight increase). Monmouth 

 (decrease). Oxford, Warwick. 



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