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THE WRYNECK. 



lynx torquilla L. 



This species apparently arrived on the south and south- east 

 coast, chiefly from Hampshire eastwards, the first arrival 

 being recorded from that county on the 23rd of March. 

 Single birds were noted from Kent and Surrey on the 3rd 

 of April, and from Suffolk on the 4th, with an increase on 

 the following day. A further increase took place on the 

 10th and 11th, and the birds were reported as being present 

 in their usual numbers on the 12th. 



By the end of April Wrynecks were fairly distributed 

 over the southern and eastern counties, the area occupied 

 lying to the south and east of a line drawn from Somerset 

 to Buckinghamshire and thence to Leicester and Norfolk. 

 Outside of this line single birds were observed in Shropshire 

 on the 8th and in Carmarthen on the 25th, a slight increase 

 taking place in the former county on the 26th. 



Immigratory movements seem practically to have ceased 

 by the middle of May, the distribution of the birds remaining 

 much as before. The only other counties to be added 

 to those already occupied during April are Warwick, 

 Northampton and Lincoln. A straggler reported in Durham 

 on the 13th of May was the only one observed in any 

 county north of Lincoln. 



The only lighthouse record included four examples killed 

 at St. Catherine's, Isle of Wight, on the night of the 

 16th/17th of April. 



Nesting commenced in Hei-tfordshire on the 25th of Apiil 

 and in Sussex on the 5th of May. Nests with eggs were 

 found in Northamptonshire on the 17th, in Hampshire on 

 the 23rd and in Surrey on the 24th of May. 



