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THE RED-BACKED SHRIKE. 



Lanius collurio (L.). 



It is impossible to follow the movements o£ this bird, as the 

 notes supplied by inland observers were very scanty and 

 there were no reports from the lights. It apparently arrived, 

 however, mainly on the south-east coast. The first records 

 were received from Kent and Berkshire on the 18th and 

 23rd of April, but beyond slight increases in North- 

 amptonshire on the 15th of May, in Gloucester on the 19th 

 and in Suffolk on the 21st, the remainder merely chronicled 

 the first appearance of the species in each county. The 

 northern limit of range of the species was marked by the 

 counties of Denbigh, Cheshire and Derbyshire. 



A nest with two eggs was reported in Surrey on the 18th 

 of May, one with a single egg in Essex on the 21st, one 

 with two eggs in Somersetshire on the 22nd, another with 

 four eggs in Radnor on the 23rd, and a fourth with one 

 egg in Hampshire on the 29th. 



Chkonological Summaey of the Records. 



April 



May 



18th. 



Kent. 



23rd. 



Berks. 



25th. 



Suffolk. 



29th. 



Northampton. 



3rd. 



Sussex, Wilts. 



5th. 



Norfolk. 



6th. 



Hants, Middlesex. 



7th. 



Bucks, Herts. 



8th. 



Somerset, Radnor. 



9th. 



Cambridge, Derby. 



