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This appears to have been the last influx o£ Whitethroats 

 of any importance into the country, but slight local fluctua- 

 tions took place up to the end of the month. 



Unfinished nests were found in Staffordshire on the 26th of 

 April and in Oxfordshire on the 3rd of May, and a nest with 

 eggs was observed in Cheshire on the 2nd of May. 



Chronological Summary of the Records. 



April 5. Derby. 



,, 9. Hants, Surrey, Essex. 



„ 10. Middlesex, Lancashire. 



„ 11. Dorset, Herts. 



„ 13. Devon, Stafford. 



„ 14. Sussex, Leicester. 



,, 15. Suffolk, Cambridge. 



„ 16. Hants (increase). Glamorgan. 



„ 16/17. Hants light. 



,, 17. Nottingham. 



,, ] 7/18. Hants and Sussex lights. 



„ 18. Sussex (slight increase). Dorset (increase), 



Kent, Berks, Wilts. 

 „ 19. Glamorgan (increase). Buckingham. 

 „ 19/20. Hants hght. 

 ,, 20. Glamorgan (further increase). Monmouth, 



Gloucester, Yorkshire. 

 „ 21. Kent, Somerset, Essex, Stafford and Lancashire 



(increase). Glamorgan (decrease). Shropshire, 



Cheshire. 

 „ 21/22. Hants light. 

 „ 22. Surrey, Glamorgan and Shropshire (increase). 



Lancashire (decrease). Warwick. 

 „ 23. Berks (slight increase). Shropshire (increase). 



Radnor, Hereford, Northumberland. 

 „ 23/24. Hants light. 

 „ 24. Kent and Gloucester (slight increase). Berks, 



Essex and Suffolk (increase). Oxford. 

 „ 24/25. Hants and Norfolk lights. 



