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lines of the former movement passing- north and north- 

 west. Cheshire was reached on the 30th, bnt it appears 

 likely that a further movement west took place during- 

 the first week of May, the birds decreasing in Shropshire 

 and Cheshire, with a corresponding and considerable 

 increase on May 5th in Anglesea, where they did not 

 stay but passed on. 



Third immigration. On the 7th and 8th of May 

 another small immigration took place chiefly along the 

 south-east coast and passed west in the track of the earlier 

 arrivals. 



Fourth immigration. A large number of birds are 

 recorded from Somerset on May 12th and from Hampshire 

 and Essex on the two following days. These birds were 

 apparently going north by east, but as we have already 

 noted the records do not enable us to trace them with 

 any degree of certainty. 



The bulk of our resident birds appear to have arrived 

 with the first and second movements. The subsequent 

 immigrations, as well as part of the second, consisted for 

 the most part of birds of passage. 



Chronological Summary of the Records. 



April 9, 10 & 11. Hants coast (many). 



11. Kent. 



12. Wilts, Sussex, Kent, and Essex (a few). 



13. Shropshire (many). Somerset and Suffolk. 



14. Hants (decrease). 



15. Surrey, Berks, Bedford and Cheshire. Stafford- 

 shire (many). 



16. Berks and Surrey (slight increase). 



17. Derby, Notts and Norfolk. 



21. Somerset (many). 



22. Glamorganshire. 



23. Dorset and Lincoln. 



24. Yorkshire and Lancashire. 



26. Essex and Surrey (slight increase). Somerset 

 (decrease). 



27, Hants (increase). Merioneth. 



