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THE PIED FLYCATCHER. 



MuscicaiJa atricapilla, L. 



The notes on this species, which were very few, do not 

 indicate any definite movements. The earliest records were 

 from Brecon on the 11th of April, Sussex on the 17th, the 

 Isle of Wight on the 22nd, Shropshire and Staffordshire on 

 the 26th and 27th, and Westmoreland on the following day. 

 On the night of May the lst/2nd it occurred at St. Catherine's 

 light. Isle of Wight, and on the 6th an increase was noted in 

 W^estmoreland. 



The onl}^ records from the eastern counties were of single 

 birds observed in Sussex on the 17th and 29th of April and 

 the 18th of May, in Norfolk on the 15th of May, in Lincoln 

 on the 20th, and of two in Yorkshire on the 21st ; there 

 would thus appear to have been a small migration along the 

 east coast between those dates. All the other records were 

 from the west, and the first eggs were noted in Merioneth 

 on the 25th of May. 



Chronological Summary of the Records. 



April 



May 



11th. 



Brecon. 



17th. 



Sussex. 



22nd. 



Isle of Wight. 



26th. 



Shropshire. 



27th. 



Staffordshire. 



28th. 



Westmoreland. 



29th, 



vSussex, Denbigh. 



1st. 



Cheshire (passing). 



lst/2nd. 



Hants light. 



