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and in Dorset on the 12th ; from the 13th to the 15th 

 hirge numbers arrived in Hampshire, on the 16th in Devon, 

 Dorset, and Hants, on the 17th in Dorset and Hants, on the 

 18th and 19th in Hants, on the 20th in Devon and Hants, 

 and on the 21st and 22nd in Dorset. The first arrivals in 

 the west passed north through Lundy Island on the 13th 

 and 14th, and reached Stafford on the 13thj Derby, Cheshire, 

 and North Wales on the 14th, Lancashire and Yorkshire on 

 the 15th, and Dumfries on the 16th. 



Some of the earlier Hampshire arrivals passed on into 

 Surrey on the day of their arrival, and reached Norfolk on 

 the following day. Others reached Cambridge on the 15th 

 and 16th and Notts on the 19th, while a third lot of 

 birds moving further east, reached Kent on the 16th and 

 Essex on the 18th. 



On the west, the flocks passed in regular sequence through 

 Lundy Island, Somerset, and Wilts to South Wales, Stafford, 

 Shropshire, Mid- and North Wales, and thence northwards, 

 either through Lancashire and Yorkshire, or further to the 

 west through the Isle of Man, the final portion reaching 

 Northumberland and Durham on May the 3rd and 4th. 

 The later arrivals in Hampshire seem to have passed mainly 

 through Surrey and Berkshire, and thence on into Oxford, 

 Nottingham, and Lincoln. 



In spite of the large number of birds passing through the 

 country, it would appear that up to that time only a small 

 number had reached the eastern and south-eastern counties ; 

 the few that had arrived had, however, apparently started 

 nesting-operations by April the 27th. 



The fifth immigration, a comparatively small one, reached 

 Hampshire on April the 27th, and made its way to the 

 eastern and south-eastern counties, for it reached Berk- 

 shire on the 28th, Sussex and Surrey on the 29th, Kent, 

 Norfolk, and Nottingham on the 30th, and Suffolk on 

 May the 2nd. 



The sixth immigration, also a small one, reached Devon, 

 and possibly Hants, on April the 30th ; the western birds seem 



