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THE NIGHTINGALE. 



Daulias luscinki (L.), 



This species arrived mainlj on the south and south-eastern 

 coasts from Hampshire eastwards. 



The first arrivals were recorded in Essex and Northampton- 

 shire on the 5th of April, while stragglers were noted in 

 Hampshire, Sussex, Kent, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and 

 Suffolk between the 9th and 15th of that month. An increase 

 of numbers was noted in Northamptonshire on the 16th, and 

 in Sussex and Essex on the 18th. A decided immigratory 

 movement took place during the last two days of April and 

 the first two weeks in May, as was shown by the increased 

 numbers in various counties as well as by the reports from 

 the lighthouses. Several Nightingales were recorded at 

 St. Catherine's light, Isle of Wight, on the night of the 

 3rd/4th of May, and on the same night one was killed at the 

 South Foreland light : one was likewise killed at the former 

 light on the night of the 4th/5th. 



A great increase in Hertfordshire on the 20th of May 

 probably indicated a further influx, but by that time the 

 species was generally distributed and had settled down in its 

 haunts. A nest ready for eggs was found in Kent on the 

 17th of May ; while nests with eggs were recorded in Sussex 

 on the 16th, in Surrey on the 19th, and in Berks on the 22nd 

 of that month. 



Chronological Summary of the Ricoeds„ 



April 5th. Essex, Northampton. 

 9th. SufPolk. 



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