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Nests in course of construction were found in Shropshire 

 on the 26th of April, in Radnor on the 6th of May, and in 

 Suffolk on the 8th, while nests with eggs were found in 

 Somerset on the 4th of May, in Yorkshire and Westmoreland 

 on the 12th, and in Northumberland on the 13th, 



Chronological Summary of the Records. 



March 27th. Devon. 



April 6th. Surrey, Gloucester, Derby. 



,, 8th. Devon. 



„ 12th. Hants. 



„ 13th. Surrey. 



„ 14th. Herts, Leicester, Shropshire. 



„ 16th. Surrey (increase). 



,, 17th. Somerset. 



„ 18th. Surrey (increase). Kent, Lancashire. 



„ 19th. Sussex, Wilts. 



„ 20th. Surrey (decrease). Brecknock, Bedford, 

 Worcester, Yorkshire, Cumberland. 



,, 21st. Dorset, Northampton, Suffolk. 



„ 22nd. Hants (passing). Radnor, Warwick, 

 Northumberland. 



,, 23rd, Cumberland (increase), Westmoreland, 



„ 26th. Shropshire (nesting). Cheshire, 



„ 27th. Hants (passing). Oxford. 



„ 28th. Warwick (slight increase). Essex, Cam- 

 bridge. 



„ 29th. Cumberland (increase). Monmouth, Staf- 

 fordshire. 



„ 30th. Warwick (decrease). 

 May 1st. Cambridge (increase). 



„ 2nd. Renfrew. 



„ 3rd. Hants light, Northumberland (increase). 



Merioneth. 



,j. 4th. Radnor and Yorkshire (increase). Somerset 



(nest with eggs). 



„ 5th. Northumberland (increase). Bedford 



(slight increase). 



