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Lesser Whitethroats were reported to be building in 

 Cheshire on the 2nd of May, nests were found in Essex 

 on the 3rd and nests with eggs in Berkshire and Hertford- 

 shire on the 4th, in Kent on the 6th, in Hampshire on the 

 10th, in Surrey and Cambridgeshire on the 11th, in Shrop- 

 shire on the 13th, in Somersetshire on the 17th, in Stafford- 

 shire on the 18th, in Derbyshire on the 19th, in Glamor- 

 ganshire on the 20th and in Radnorshire on the 25th. 



Chronological Summary of the Records. 



April 8th. Hants. 



,, 10th. Dorset. 



,. 11th. Monmouth. 



„ 14th. Somerset, Northampton, Merioneth. 



,, 16th. Staffordshire. 



„■ 17th. Somerset (increase). Merioneth (slight 

 increase). Carmarthen. 



,, 20th. Somerset (great influx). 



,, 21st. Somerset (decrease). Shropshire. 



,, 22nd. Monmouth (increase). Kent, Herts, 

 Leicester, Derby. 



„ 23rd. Sussex, Berks, Surrey, Essex, Cambridge, 

 Yorkshire. 



„ 24th. Oxford, Cheshire. 



„ 24th/25th. Hants light. 



„ 25th. Devon. 



,, 26th. Herts (increase). Warwick. 



,, 27th. Somerset, Essex and Shropshire (increase). 

 Berks (slight increase). Wilts, Gla- 

 morgan, Norfolk. 



„ 28th. Glamorgan and Herts (increase). Glouces- 



ter, Worcester, Lincoln. 



„ 29th. Cambridge (increase). Suffolk. 



„ 30th. Gloucester (increase). 



., 30th/Maylst, Suffolk light. 

 May 1st. Essex, Shropshire, Cheshire and Yorkshire 



(increase). Northumberland. 



