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influx of birds was noted on the 17th and 18th, perhaps part 

 o£ the same flight which was observed at St. Catherine's; 

 another arrival was recorded between the 23rd and 25th, 

 and others between the 5th and 8th and the 15th and 17th 

 o£ May. In Oxfordshire many were noticed between the 

 24th and the 26th of April, and a large immigration of 

 Swallows, showing signs of fatigue, were observed in the 

 same county on the 10th of May. In Leicestershire, 

 Staffordshire and Derbyshire a definite increase in numbers 

 was noted on the 18th of April, and in Lancashire, Yorkshire 

 and Cumberland a day later. 



In Wales, the Swallow became abundant in Glamorgan, 

 Carmarthen, Denbigh and Merioneth on the 19th, and in 

 Carnarvon on the 20th of April. In the Isle of Man a con- 

 siderable number had arrived by the 16th of that month and 

 a great increase was noted on the 7th of May. 



A pair were observed building in Sussex on the 21st of 

 April ; a nest with one egg was found in Somerset on the 

 2nd of May and another with five eggs in Wiltshire on the 

 18th of that month. 



In several localities Swallows arrived earlier than usual, 

 but these seem to have been isolated stragglers. 



Chronological Summary of the Records. 



March 



21. 



Hants. 



.55 



26. 



Hants (increase). 



?1 



27. 



Hants (decrease). 



5? 



29. 



Dorset, Berks, Yorkshire. 



55 



30. 



Shropshire. 



55 



31. 



Surrey. 



April 



2. 



Northampton. 



55 



4. 



Herts. 



55 



5. 



Cornwall, Devon, Bucks, 

 Donbio-h, Lancashire. 



StffFord, Leicester, 



