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THE WHITETHROAT. 



Sylvia cinerea, Bechst. 



The White throat arrived along the whole of the south coast, 

 but in greatest numbers on the western half. 



Early stragglers were reported from Devonshire and Kent 

 on the 25th and 26th of March. The first immigration of 

 small numbers occurred during the second week of April, 

 and a second, comprising rather larger numbers, landed along 

 the whole south coast on the 17th, 18th and 20th, after which 

 the species became thinly distributed over the greater part 

 of England, ranging even to Cumberland and the Isle of 

 Man, but very few birds seem to have passed into Wales. 

 There was, perhaps, another small immigration on the 

 eastern half of the south coast about the 22nd, but this 

 is uncertain. 



The third and fourth immigrations, including a large 

 number of birds, arrived on the 24th and 25th of April, and 

 on the 28th and 29th on the western half of the coast, 

 being recorded at the lights in the Channel Islands, the Isle 

 of W T ight and Cornwall. With the advent of these migrants 

 the inland records at once showed an increase, while those 

 £rom the lights on both the east and west coasts indicated 

 that passage-movements were in progress. These large 

 movements were followed by a series of smaller immigra- 

 tions which landed along the whole of the south coast 

 between the 80th of April and the 6th of May. It seemed 

 evident that after the arrival of these birds the number of 

 our summer-residents was practically complete, and nesting 

 had already commenced. 



From the 6th to the 12th of May, Whitethroats occurred 



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