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ones being recorded from Somerset the same day, from 

 Yorkshire and Durham on May the 3rd and from West- 

 moreland on the 4th. 



The eastern birds reached Essex on the 4th of May, but 

 though the route was lost there, the general trend of this 

 movement was probably N.E. 



The third immigration, probably comprising birds on passage 

 to the more northern breeding-grounds, could be clearly traced 

 through the country. 



It occurred on the coast of Devon during the early hours 

 of May the 8th. The birds passed through Somerset on the 

 9th, through Staffordshire on the 11th, through Shropshire 

 on the 12th, and then apparently left the country by 

 Cheshire and N. Wales, being recorded from the Isle of Man 

 on the 13th. 



After this date no further change in the numbers of birds 

 in the country was noted, and reports were received daily from 

 different localities indicating that our resident birds were 

 busy with the duties of incubation. 



('HRONOLOGICAL SuMMARY OF THE RECORDS. 



March 24. Kent, 



„ 25. Devon. 



28. Kent. 



April 2. Sussex. 



„ 4. Derby. 



„ 5. Yorkshire. 



„ 7. Somerset. 



„ 10. Berks and Merioneth. 



„ 11. Sussex, Cambridge and Worcester. 



„ 12. Oxfordshire and Shropshire. 



,, 13. Cambridge (several). 



„ 14. Hants, Kent, Herts, Norfolk and Notts. 



„ 15. Surrey and Lancashire. 



„ 10. Essex, Gloucester and Dumfries. 



„ 17. Sussex. 



,, 18. Somerset, Hants lights (many), Suffolk and 

 Yorkshire (numerous). 



