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20th ; the influence of these late comers could, however, only 

 be traced a short distance inland on account of the numbers 

 of birds already in the country. 



Building operations had begun in Devonshire as early as the 

 22nd of April and in Breconshire by the 30th, while nesting 

 was recorded in Berkshire on the 2nd of May, in Cambridge 

 on the 4thj in Hampshire and Kent on the 5th, and in 

 Suffolk and Cumberland on the 8th. 



Chronological Summary of the Records. 



April 1st. Dorset. 



„ 6th. Devon. 



,, 11th. Scilly Isles. 

 12th. Bedford. 

 14th. Wilts. 



„ 15th. Brecon, Montgomery. 



„ 16th. Sussex, Glamorgan, Shropshire, Derby. 



„ 17th. Dorset (increase). Glamorgan (slight 

 increase). Somerset, Hereford, 



Leicester. 



„ 18th. Haats, Northampton, Derby. 



„ 19th. Kent, Essex, Herts, Monmouth, Car- 

 marthen, Cheshire, Yorkshire, Renfrew. 



„ 20th. Sussex (increase). Surrey, Cumberland. 



„ 21st. Somerset (slight increase). Gloucester. 



„ 22nd. Cheshire (great increase). Shropshire 

 (slight increase). Somerset (decrease). 

 Hants (passing). Devon (nesting). 

 Suffolk, Norfolk. 



„ 23rd. Devon (increase). Leicester (slight in- 

 crease). Middlesex, Bedford, Worcester, 

 Staffordshire, Lincoln, Lancashire, Nor- 

 thumberland, Fife. 



„ 24th. Scilly Isles, Dorset and Cheshire (increase). 

 Hants (slight increase). 



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



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