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appear to have been recorded after that date. By the 7th o£ 

 May buildmg operations had commenced in Wales, and six 

 days later the first eggs were recorded from Somerset. 



Chronological Summary of the Records. 



March 29th/30th. Isle of Man light. 



,, 31st. Devon. 



April 3rd. Middlesex. 

 4th. Suffolk. 



8th. H.M.S. 'Dido,' lat. 50° 55' N., long. 

 8° 25' W. One flew on board at 8.0 a.m. 

 11th. Suffolk (increase). Yorkshire. 

 12th. Kent. 

 13th. Wilts. 



14th. Somerset, Berks, Surrey. 

 15th. Somerset (slight increase). Gloucester, 



Herts. 

 16th. Bedford, Essex. 

 17th. Cumberland, Cheshire, Leicester. 

 18th. Sussex (an arrival). Suffolk (nesting). 



Northumberland, Montgomery, Devon. 

 19th. Hants. 



20th. Merioneth, Cardigan, Radnor, North- 

 ampton, Shropshire, 

 21st. Kent and Suffolk (slight increase). West- 



moreland. 

 22nd. Somerset (slight increase). Staffordshire. 

 22nd/23rd. Hants light. 



23rd. Northampton (increase). Derby. 



24th. Shropshire (increase). JMontgomery. 



25th. Cheshire (increase). 



26th. Nottingham. 



27th. Yorkshire (increase). Brecon. 



28th. Cumberland (increase). 



29th. Denbigh. 



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