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THE GARDEN- WARBLER. 



Sylvia hortensis, Bechst. 



The Garden- Warbler arrived along the whole of the south 

 coast, but first and in largest numbers on the eastern half. 



Early arrivals were recorded from Kent on the 25th of 

 March and the Isle of Wight on the 6th of April, and others 

 from as far north as Derbyshire up to the 20th. 



The first immigration arrived at both the eastern and 

 western ends of the south coast on the 21st of April, and 

 was followed by two others, which were recorded at both 

 the Channel Islands and Isle of Wight lights on the 25th 

 and 28th. These three movements seem to have been small 

 numerically, though their area of arrival was extensive. 

 Their progress through the country could hardly be traced, 

 but, after their advent, the species was thinly distributed 

 throughout the greater part of its normal breeding-area. 



On the nights of the 7th, 8th, 11th, 12th and 20th of 

 May, Garden-Warblers occurred at the Caskets light (on the 

 8th in large numbers), but beyond immigrations into Sussex 

 on the 12th and into Hampshire on the 13th there was little 

 evidence to show that any of these birds reached our shores. 

 Increases were noted in one or two counties, and some areas 

 appear to have been rilled up in the west and north, but the 

 records do not afford any further information. 



The arrivals in Sussex and Hampshire on the 12th and 

 13th of May seem to have settled mainly in the eastern 

 counties. 



Nests were found in Somersetshire, Essex and Radnor- 

 shire on the 4th, 7th and 16th of May respectively, one with 

 a single egg was found in Middlesex on the 7th and full 

 clutches in Sussex on the 11th, in Surrey on the 16th, in 



