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THE GRASSHOPPER-WARBLER. 



Locvstella mcv'ia (Bodd.). 



The first arrival o£ this species v^'as recorded in Cardif^an 

 on the 9th and in Herefordshire on the 12th of April. From 

 the middle of that month to the end of the first week in May 

 the birds gradually spread over the whole country, but the 

 somewhat scanty records received render it difficult to trace 

 their movements with precision. Denbigh was reached on 

 the 2Gth of April, Cheshire on the 27th, Yorkshire on the 

 following day, Northumberland on the 3rd of May, and 

 Cumberland on the 8th. By the middle of May Grass- 

 hopper-Warblers were well-distributed and settling down in 

 their haunts. 



There were no records relating to this species from any of 

 the light-stations. 



A nest with three eggs was found in Norfolk on the 9th 

 of May,- and was recorded with a note that it was an 

 unusually early date ; on the following da}' a pair were 

 observed nesting in Northamptonshire. 



Chronological Summary of the Records. 



April 



9. 



Cardigan. 



12. 



Hereford. 



11. 



Hants. 



17. 



Hants (decrease). Herts. 



18. 



Sussex, Glamorgan. 



22. 



Carmarthen. 



23. 



Berks. 



21. 



Somerset^ Surrey. 



