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THE WRYKECK. 



lynx torquilla L. 



During the last fortnight in March a few Wrynecks made 

 their appearance in Essex, the first having been reported 

 on the 16th, while single birds were recorded from time 

 to time until the end of the month. During the first four 

 days of April a few of these reached Berkshire, Norfolk, 

 and the south of Yorkshire. On April the 1st there was a 

 small immigration on the Hampshire coast, and during the 

 first week in April stragglers arrived along the whole of the 

 south-east coast from Essex to Hants, while a larger number 

 appeared in Essex on the 8th. 



On April the 4th a single bird was reported from as far west 

 as Shropshire. On the following day the species was recorded 

 from Somerset, and again on the 6th in increasing numbers. 



After April the 9th the Wryneck was reported to be 

 generally distributed throughout Essex, and during that month 

 no further change in its numbers was noted in that county. 



Another influx of birds came into Hants on the 10th, and 

 into Sussex on the 11th and 12th. As a result of this, more 

 birds were reported from Berkshire on the 11th, and from 

 Dorset and Worcester on the 12th, while in Somerset the 

 numbers gradually rose until the 15th ; there was an 

 increase in Berkshire and Surrey on the 16th and in Herts 

 on the 17th. 



On April the 25th a further small immigration took place 

 on the Hampshire coast, but did not apparently affect the 

 number of birds already in the county. 



On May the 4th a final immigration into Essex was reported, 

 and this was followed by an increase on the 5th and 6th in 

 Hertfordshire, Norfolk, and Somerset, and on the 13th in 

 Yorkshire. 



By May the 7th the Wryneck was reported to be present in 



