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indications o£ other arrivals on the south coast about the 9th; 

 but owing to the scantiness of the records it is impossible to 

 be more definite on the latter point or to trace the course of 

 these later migrants. 



In Berkshire, where early stragglers were reported, Whin- 

 chats are stated to have commenced nesting by the 24th of 

 April. They had settled down in Staffordshire by the 28th 

 and were building in Northumberland on the 6th of May, 

 in Gloucestershire by the 8th, and in Staffordshire by 

 the 11th. Eggs were found in Kent on the 16th and in 

 Derbyshire on the 23rd, while young birds were found in 

 Staffordshire on the 19th. 



Chronological Summary of the Records. 



Jan. 



3rd. 



Yorkshire. 



March 



13th. 



Wilts. 



55 



23rd. 



Berks. 



April 



4th. 



Bedford. 



55 



7th. 



Worcester. 



55 



9th. 



Essex. 



55 



10th. 



Suffolk. 



55 



14th. 



Sussex, Somerset, Monmouth. 



}} 



18th. 



.N orthumberland. 



55 



19th. 



Staffordshire. 



55 



20th. 



Hants. 



55 



21st. 



Leicester. 



55 



22nd. 



Bedford (great influx). Carmarthen, 

 Yorkshire. 



55 



23rd. 



Surrey, Cambridge, Carnarvon. 



59 



24th. 



Berks (nesting). Cambridge (slight in- 

 crease). Kent. 



2 



4th/25th. 



Hants light. 



55 



25th. 



Somerset (passing). Oxford, Merioneth, 

 Lincoln. 



55 



26th. 



Somerset (decrease). 



55 



27th. 



Cambridge (slight increase). Herts, 

 Lancashire. 



