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the same direction, and passed up the east coast through 

 Essex and Suffolk about the end o£ the first week in May. 



The second immigration arrived in Hants and Devon on 

 May the 7th, v^^hen the western birds again passed through 

 Wales on the 9th and 12th and reached Cumberland on 

 the 15th ; the eastern ones moved into Oxford on the 0th, 

 reached Essex and Cambridge on the 13th and Suffolk on 

 the 14th. 



A third immigration arrived in Devon and Sussex on 

 May the 14th and 15th. The western birds apparently 

 passed in the track o£ their predecessors, but they could 

 not be traced as accurately ; the Sussex birds appear to 

 have moved slowly through the south-eastern counties, 

 reaching Suffolk and Essex on the 21st. 



Eggs were reported from Derby and Yorkshire on May 

 the 13th and 14th, and from Northumberland and Durham 

 on the 23rd and 25th. 



Chronological Summaey of the Records. 



Shropshire (resident). 



Somerset. 



Devon. 



Cornwall, Radnor and Denbigh. 



Staffordshire (a pair), Cardigan (several), 



Merioneth and Lancashire. 

 Somerset and Yorkshire. 

 Dorset. 

 Somerset. 

 Norfolk, Shropshire, Yorkshire (a few pairs) 



and Durham. 

 Worcester, Radnor and the Isle of Man. 

 Devon, Somerset and Denbigh. 

 Devon and Merioneth (few). 

 Devon and Merioneth. 



Kent, Somerset, Shropshire and Merioneth. 

 Surrey, Oxford, Merioneth, Yorkshire (increase) 



and Dumfries. 



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