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THE GARDEN-WARBLER. 



Sylvia hortensis, Bechst, 



The arrivals of this species were not well recorded, but it 

 seems probable that it arrived along the whole of the south 

 coast east of Devonshire. 



It was first recorded in Grloucester on the 13th of April, and 

 from that date until nearly the end of the month it occurred 

 sparingly in various counties from Devonshire and Hampshire 

 to Cumberland, reaching the last named on the 23rd. The 

 only great wave of immigration of this species which was 

 recorded took place on the 28th/29th of April, when hundreds 

 were seen and many killed at St. Catherine's light (Hants), 

 while on the night of the 30th of April/lst of May a few 

 were seen at Dungeness light (Kent). 



By the end of the first week in May the birds were well 

 distributed, but not in any great numbers, and it was not 

 until quite the middle of the month that they were fully 

 established in the country. 



A few local movements were recorded after the 16th of 

 May, which together with small influxes into Kent on the 

 21st and into Hampshire on the 27th, showed that migration 

 had not quite ceased. 



Gar den- Warblers were nesting in Cambridge on the 8th 

 of Ma}^, in Montgomery on the 12th, and in Staffordshire 

 on the 13th. 



Two nests with four eggs in each were found in Gloucester 

 on the 19th, and another with eggs in Hampshire on the 21st. 



Chronological Summary of the Records. 



April 13th. Gloucester. 

 „ 19th. Hants, Surrey. 



