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THE WOOD- WARBLER. 



Phjjlloscojms slhilatrix (Bechst.). 



The records o£ this species are too incomplete to furnish 

 definite evidence as to its points of arrival, but it seems to 

 have appeared along most of the south coast. The earliest 

 arrival was reported in Berkshire on the 11th of April ; 

 stragglers were recorded in Hampshire, Somersetshire, Hert- 

 fordshire, Brecon, Herefordshire, Staffordshire and Leicester- 

 shire up to the 21st, many were noted from Westmoreland 

 on the 25th, and by the end of the month the species was 

 thinly distributed over the country. 



In May the immigration of Wood-Warblers became more 

 marked, reaching its maximum during the second and third 

 weeks of the month, after vn hich the birds seem to have 

 become widely distributed over the kingdom. There was 

 onlj' one lighthouse record of a single bird killed at 

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

 18th/19th of May. 



Nests with eggs were found in Merioneth on the 24th of 

 May, in Radnor on the 26th, and an unfinished nest in 

 Dorsetshire on the 31st. 



April 



Chronological Summary of the Records 



11th. 



Berks. 



13th; 



Staffordshire. 



14th. 



Leicester. 



16th. 



Somerset. 



17th. 



Hants, Herts. 



20th. 



Brecon. 



21st. 



Hereford. 



22nd. 



Isle of Wight. 



23rd. 



Devon, Kent. 



