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and Shropshire on the 1st o£ May. Nests with eggs were 

 found in Staffordshire on the 9th and in Yorkshire on the 

 10th. 



So far as we can judge from the scanty material available 

 (wings sent from the lights, and a few notes from inland 

 observers), the April migrants were all of the smaller race ; 

 while those obtained or observed in May were chiefly of the 

 larger race. One male killed at Dungeness light and some 

 females obtained at the Kentish Knock light-vessel on the 

 night of the 3rd/4th May were of the smaller race, while 

 some males killed at the same time were of the larger race. 



Chronological Summary of the Records. 



March 6th. Devon. 



8th. Hants. 

 14th/15th. Pembroke light. 

 14th. Kent. 



15th. Pembroke, Brecon. 

 17th. Sussex, Dorset, Herts. 



18th. Somerset, Suffolk. 



19th. Staffordshire. 



20tli. Cornwall, Glamorgan, Isle of Man. 



22nd. Yorkshire. 

 24th- Kent light. 

 25th. Hants, Norfolk^ Westmoreland, 

 26th. Carnarvon, Cheshire. 



27th. Devon and Suffolk (increase). Merioneth, 

 Clyde. 

 ,, 28th. Staffordshire and Carnarvon (increase). 



Cornwall and Hants (slight increase). 

 Lancashire, Cumberland. 

 „ 29th. Carnarvon (increase). Hants (decrease). 

 Surrey, Cardigan, Northumberland. 

 30Lh. Essex. 

 „ 31st. lladnor. 



April 2nd. Norfolk (increase). Gloucester, Shrop- 

 shire. 



