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THE RED-BACKEU SHRIKE. 



Lanius collurio L. 



The records of this species were so scanty that it was difficult 

 to trace its movements. The first arrival was recorded in 

 Dorset on the 25th of April, and was the only known 

 instance of its occurrence in the western counties of the south 

 coast. 



Up to the 10th of May stragglers were reported in various 

 counties from the extreme south-east to Carnarvon, Shrop- 

 shire and Norfolk, which appears to have been the limit of 

 their extension northwards. A slight increase was noted in 

 Cambridgeshire on the 13th, in Hertfordshire on the 16th, 

 and in Shropshire on the ITtli, while in Northamptonshire 

 there was a gradual increase from the 20th to the 23rd 

 of May. 



A nest with two eggs was found in Sussex on the 10th of 

 May, and nests with eggs were reported from Suffolk on the 

 13th, from Cambridgeshire on the 23rd^ and from Merioneth 

 on the 28th. 



Chronological Summaey of the Recoeds. 



April 



May 



25. 



Dorset. 



26. 



Buckingham. 



27. 



Herts. 



28. 



Cambridge. 



2. 



Gloucester. 



4. 



Shropshire. 



5. 



Kent. 



