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and in Lincoln on the 25th. Young were hatched in Dorset 

 on the 26th of May and fledged in Ghimorgan on the 2nd 

 of June. 



Chronological Summary of the Records. 



April 8th. Northampton. 

 14th. Sussex. 

 15th. Somerset, Surrey. 



16th. Hants, Oxford. 

 17th. Isle of Wight, Essex, Cambridge. 

 18th. Kent, Suffolk. 

 19th. Berks, Glamorgan. 



20th. Kent (increase). Surrey and Northan)pton 

 (slight increase). Herts, Norfolk, Shrop- 

 shire. 

 „ 21st. Sussex, Hants, Wilts, Berks, Somerset and 



Essex (increase). Dorset, Monmouth. 

 „ 22nd. Kent, Somerset, Northampton and Shrop- 

 shire (increase), Sussex and Suffolk 

 (slight increase). Gloucester, Wor- 

 cester. 

 „ 25th. Cambridge (slight increase). Devon. 



„ 26th. Isle of Wight (increase) . Bedford. 

 ,, 27th. Hants (increase). Worcester (slight in- 



crease). Middlesex. 

 „ 28th. Dorset (increase). 



„ 29th. Essex and Suffolk (increase). Berks and 

 Shropshire (usual numbers). York- 

 shire. 

 May 1st. Cambridge (increase). Suffolk (nesting). 



„ 2nd. Herts (increase). Leicester. 



„ 3rd. Hants and Sussex (increase). 



J, 4th. Oxford (slight increase). Worcester (usual 



numbers). 

 ,, 5th. Bedford (increase). Hants (nesting). 



„ 6th/7th. Hants light. 

 „ 7th. Lincoln. 



„ 7th/8th. Hants light. 



