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THE GARDEN-WARBLER. 



Sylvia liortensis Bechst. 



The earliest notice o£ this species was from Middlesex on 

 the 20th o£ April, and during the two following days single 

 birds were recorded in Kent, Surrey, Gloucestershire and 

 Warwickshire. 



On the night o£ the 23rd/24th o£ April, during a large 

 immigration at St. Catherine's light, Isle of Wight, a few 

 Garden- Warblers were observed and five were killed. The 

 wind was east and the weather showery. It was noted in 

 Devonshire, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire on the 25th, also 

 in Sussex, Essex and Leicestershire, and as far north as 

 Yorkshire on the following day, while a small increase was 

 noticed in Gloucestershire and Shropshire. 



Though not appearing in the lighthouse-records, there is 

 considerable evidence that a second wave of immigrants 

 occurred on the 3rd of May and on the two following days, 

 when an increase was observed in Devon, Sussex, Kent, 

 Surrey and Cambridgeshire, and the species was recorded 

 from Northumberland. 



By the 9th of May the Garden- Warbler was reported a, 5 

 resident and nesting in several counties and on the following 

 day eggs were found near Cambridge. 



A third wave of immigrants was noticed at St. Catherine's 

 light on the nights of the 10th, 13th/14th and 14th/15th o£ 

 May, unusually large numbers being seen and six killed on 

 the night of the 14th/15th. The wind was north-eas-t and 

 the sky cloudy. There does not appear to have been a 

 correspondingly large increase of the birds noticed by the 

 inland observers, but by that date nesting had begun in 

 most districts. 



