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the breetlino-birds for the Welsh counties. There were :ilso 

 indications o£ further arrivals along the whole of the south 

 coast between the lOtli and 13th of May, but neither their 

 course nor their distribution could be traced by the records. 

 A singuhirly behited party of migrants arrived in a carefully- 

 watched area in S.W. Kent as. late as the 25th, pairing and 

 selecting territory during the few following days. These 

 birds did not commence incubation till nearly the end of 

 June. 



A nest ready for eggs was found in Essex on the 5th of 

 May and nests with eggs were found in Suffolk on the Gth, 

 in Yorkshire on the 12th, and in Warwickshire on the 14th, 

 while young were fledged in Somersetshire by the ]Gth. 



Chronological Summary of the Records. 



April 7th. Hants, Surrey. 



„ 8th. Kent. 



„ 10th. Leicester. 



,, 11th. Glamorgan. 



„ 12th. Kent (slight increase). 



„ 13th. Monmouth, Warwick, Renfrew. 



,, 14th. Somerset, Middlesex, Northampton, Shrop- 



shire. 



„ loth. Essex, Hereford, Radnor. 



,, 17th. Cambridge, Yorkshire. 



,, 18th. Kent and Shropshire (increase). Suffolk, 



Staffordshire, Derby, Carnarvon,- 

 Cheshire. 



,, 19th. Kent (increase). Wilts. 



^^ 20th. Kent and Wilts (increase). Radnor 

 (slight increase). Dorset, Oxford, Bed- 

 ford, Herts, Worcester, Merioneth, 

 Lancashire, Cumberland. 



„ 21st. Kent, Radnor, Warwick, Leicester, 



Cheshire and Yorkshire (increase). 

 Surrey (slight increase). Gloucester, 

 Notts. 



„ 22ud|. Cheshire (increase). Carmarthen. 



