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THE NIGHTINGALE. 



Daidias luscinia (L.). 



The first arrival was recorded in Kent on the 7th of April. 

 Up to the middle of that month stragglers were reported in 

 Devon, Hampshire, Sussex, Surrey, Berkshire, Wiltshire, 

 Buckingham and Suffolk. Between the 14th and 18th of 

 April a marked influx took place, as was shewn by the in- 

 crease of Nightingales in the southern and south-eastern 

 counties, as well as by a report from St. Catherine's light. 

 Isle of Wight, that many had been seen on the night of the 

 16th/17th and six on the 17th/18th. From that date the 

 species began to spread rapidly over the country, reaching 

 Monmouth, Herefordshire and Norfolk on the 18th of April, 

 and Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire on the 19th. Fresh 

 immigrants evidently continued to arrive between the 22nd 

 and 25th, as was shown by the increase in the southern 

 counties between those dates, and examples were killed at 

 St. Catherine's light on the nights of the 23rd/24th and 

 24th/25th. By that time t^e birds were becoming well dis- 

 tributed over the country^ within the limits of their range, 

 and by the first week in May they had begun to settle 

 down in their haunts. Migratory movements^ however, con- 

 tinued up to the middle of the month. 



A nest with five eggs was found in Sussex on the 4tb of 

 May, two nests, with two and four eggs respectively, were 

 recorded in Surrey on the 14th, and a pair were observed 

 buildine; in Berkshire on the 7th. 



