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the bulk of the nestino-birds for the northern counties, but 

 it also contained a number of passage-migrants, as was shown 

 by the presence for the first time of birds of the larger race. 

 Commencing on the 8th o£ April it seems to have lasted until 

 the 18th or 20th, as was indicated by the records from 

 Hanois light (Guernsey) and corroborated by the subsequent 

 occurrences at lights off the Welsh and Yorkshire coasts, 

 though our observers on the south coast did not record any 

 arrivals between the 16th and 21st. 



The fourth and fifth immigrations were small ones and 

 occurred on the 22nd of April and between the 26th and the 

 1st of May, but with the exception of the arrival of small 

 numbers in Kent on the 28th, the area of arrival was con- 

 fined to the western end of the south coast. 



The sixth immigration was again a large one and occurred 

 between the 6th and 15th of May ; during the first few days 

 it comprised birds of both races, but the greater number of 

 birds were of the larger race. The passage through the 

 Channel Islands was most marked and arrivals took place 

 along the whole of the south coast. The inland records were 

 somewhat meagre, owing, no doubt, to the number of birds 

 already settled in the country and the inability of many 

 observers to distinguish one race from the other. The lioht- 

 records, however, particularly those from, tlie west coast, 

 furnish evidence of the northward passage of these migrants, 

 and those from the Pentland Skerries (Orkney) between the 

 10th and the 16th of May also seem to be connected with 

 this movement. 



Wheatears were reported to be nesting in Sussex on the 

 11th of April, a nest ready for eggs was found in Northum- 

 berland on the 24th, and another half constructed in Renfrew 

 on the 4th of May. 



(chronological Summary of the Records. 



Jan. 6th. Sussex. 



Feb. 28th. Suffolk. 



March 6th. Somerset, Oxford, 



