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Between the 3rd and 8th o£ May there were further con- 

 siderable arrivals o£ Blackcaps on the western halt' of the 

 south coast, followed by a final small arrival in Hampshire 

 on the 15th. The majority of these birds seem to have been 

 on their way to the northern counties. 



Nesting commenced in Berkshire on the 24th of April, 

 in Glamorgan on the 30th, and in Hertford on the 1st of 

 May, on which date a nest with eggs was found in Kent. 

 Nests with eggs were also recorded in Somerset on the 2nd, 

 in Glamorgan and Surrey on the 4th, and in Dorsetshire, 

 Hampshire, Wiltshire and Esses on the 11th of May. 



Chronological Summary of the Records. 

 Jan. 14th & 15th. Somerset. 



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ch 24th. Berks. 



26th. Sussex, Gloucester. 



28th. Somerset. 



30th. Devon, Surrey. 



il 1st. Cornwall. 



2nd. Hants. 



3rd. Devon and Somerset (passing). Sussex, 



Wilts, Worcester. 



4th. Gloucester, Kent. 



5th. Berks, Renfrew. 



6th. Kent (slight increase). Essex. 



7th. Hereford. 



8th. Somerset (increase). Oxford. 



9th. Devon (increase). Shropshire. 



10th. Devon (decrease). Leicester. 



12th. Bedford, Cambridge, Suffolk, Cheshire. 



13th. Gloucester (increase). Herts^ W^arwick. 



13th/14th. Hants light. 



14th. Berks (increase). Middlesex, Merioneth. 



15th. Isle of Wight, Dorset, Glamorgan. 



17th. Somerset (increase). Carmarthen, Mon- 

 mouth, Staffordshire. 



