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THE LESSER WHITETHROAT. 



Sylvia curruca (L.). 



The earliest arrival of this bird was noted in Hertfordshire 

 on the 8th of April. During the ten days following a few 

 stragglers were observed near the south and east coasts and 

 even as far north as Derbyshire and Lancashire. The first 

 considerable immigration, however, seems to have commenced 

 about the 18th or 19th of April, and to have continued till 

 the 25th. Flights were observed at St. Catherine's light. Isle 

 of Wight, on the nights of April 21st/22nd and 22nd/23rd, 

 and on the 24th and 25th increases were noted in Kent, 

 Suffolk, Hertfordshire, Warwickshire and Derbyshire, and 

 first arrivals werei recorded in Wiltshire, Oxfordshire, 

 Berkshire and Cambridgeshire. Again, between the 2nd and 

 4th of May another increase in numbers was noticed in Oxford, 

 Cambridge, Warwick, Shropshire and Glamorgan. 



During a large migration of many species at St. Catherine's 

 light on the night of May 13th/14th, Lesser Whitethroats 

 were amongst the species killed ; but by that date most of the 

 birds had paired and were nesting, and the further progress 

 of these later arrivals was hardly indicated in the records. 



Nests with eggs were first reported from Cambridge the 

 3rd of May, and from Surrey, Warwick, Somerset and 

 Northamptonshire between the 7th and 9th of that month. 



Chkonological Summaey of the Recoeds. 



April 8. Herts. 



„ 9. Dorset. 



„ 12. Surrey. 



„ 13. Kent. 



„ 14. Warwick, Derby, Lancashire. 



