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Dorset ; these were probably birds of passage on their way 

 to more northern breeding-grounds, but the number of 

 Cuckoos already present in the country was so large that 

 the course of these migrants could not be traced further. 



Chronological Summary of the Records. 



April 6. Devon and Sussex. 

 „ 7. Dorset and Grlamorgan. 

 „ 8. Cornwall and Devon. 

 „ 9. Hants and Kent. 

 „ 11. Surrey. 

 ,, 12. Somerset. 

 ,, 13. Dorset, Berks and Suffolk. 

 ,, 14. Devon and Sussex. 

 ,, 15. Herts. 

 „ 16. Shropshire. 



,, 17. Devon, Wilts, Berks, Essex and Worcester, 

 „ 18. Denbigh. 

 „ 19. Essex. 

 „ 20. Staffordshire. 

 ., 21. Somerset, Kent and Dumfries. 

 ,, 23. Cornwall, Glamorgan, Essex and Staffordshire 



(generally distributed) . 

 „ 21. Devon (resident), Radnor and Yorkshire 



(several). 

 ,, 26. Dungeness, Kent, Surrey and Cambridge. 

 „ 27. Cornwall, Hants and Norfolk. 

 „ 28. Cheshire. 

 ,, 29. Sussex, Wilts, Oxford, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire 



(slight increase) and Durham. 

 May 1. Cornwall, Sussex, Somerset (many), Radnor 



and Cardigan. 

 ,, 2. Cambridge. 

 „ 3. Berks, Suffolk, Staffordshire, V\''estmoreland and 



the Isle of Man. 

 „ 4. Dorset (several), Hants (many), Wiltshire, 



Herts, Norfolk (increase) and Merioneth. 



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