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THE GARDEN- WARBLER. 



Sylvia hortensis, Bechst. 



Like the Blackcap, this bird appears to have arrived along 

 the whole o£ the south coast, but mainly from Hampshire 

 eastward. The earliest record was in Gloucestershire on 

 the 13tb of April, and from that date up to the end of the 

 month stragglers were reported from various counties south of 

 Cumberland, where a single bird was observed on the 22nd. 

 Further arrivals during the first week in May led to a more 

 general distribution of the species and an increase of the 

 numbers in one or two localities. A further influx between 

 the 9th and the 19th had a still more marked effect, and was 

 followed almost immediately by an extension of the species to 

 the north, a few being reported from Northumberland on the 

 18th. A slight increase in numbers was noted in Cumberland 

 on the 20th. By that date nesting had commenced in tue 

 southern counties and became general during the following 

 week, nests with eggs being found in Dorsetshire on the 20th, 

 in Berkshire on the 21st, in Kent and Somersetshire on the 

 22nd, and in Derbyshire and Radnor on the 27th. At the 

 same time there was evidence that immigration had not 

 quite ceased, and it seems probable that further migrants 

 arrived in the south-east during the third week of May. 

 A nest with well-grown young was reported in Hampshire 

 on the 28th. 



April 



Chronological Summary of the Records. 



f2 



13th. 



Gloucester. 



17th. 



Somerset. 



20th. 



Cheshire. 



