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THE RED-BACKED SHRIKE. 



Lanius coUurio, L. 



This species appears to have arrived principally on the 

 south-east coast extending as far west as Hampshire. 



It was first reported from Suffolk on the 29th and from 

 Shropshire on the 30th of April. An examination of the 

 Chronological Summary shows that it is little more than a 

 record of the earliest arrivals and does not indicate the 

 passage of the birds into, and through, the country. There 

 were no records of the occurrence of the Red-backed Shrike 

 at any of the lights. 



Nests with eggs were found in Somerset on the 25th of 

 May, in Sussex and Wiltshire on the 28th, and in Glamorgan 

 on the 29th. Nests were also reported in Radnor on the 

 27tb. 



Chronological Summary of the Records. 



April 



29th. 



Suffolk. 



55 



30th. 



Shropshire. 



May 



6th. 



Hants. 







7th. 



Northampton. 







9th. 



Berks (usual numbers). 







11th. 



Sussex. 







12th. 



Somerset. 







13th. 



Kent, Wilts, Worcester. 







14th. 



Kent (slight increase). 







15th. 



Kent (decrease) . 







16th. 



Surrey, Herts. 







17th. 



Devon, Gloucester, Oxford, Leicester 



