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5th. — Redwings singing at Troutbeck, Windermere (Erie B. 

 Dunlop). 



6th. — Mistle-Thrush singing at Troutbeck, Windermere 

 (Erie B. Dunlop). 



29th. — Grey Lag-Geese (fourteen) seen near Silloth ; Pere- 

 grine Falcon frequenting shore at Skinburness (W. Nichol). 



31st. — Wild Geese (unidentified) and Red-throated Divers 

 (three) seen near Silloth (W. Nichol). 



February 1st. — Chaffinch singing at Troutbeck, Windermere 

 (Eric B. Dunlop). 



2nd. — Song-Thrushes singing at Stanwis (Linnaeus E. Hope). 



9th. — Barn-Owl hawking in daylight in Carlisle (T. L. 

 Johnston). 



10th. — Tawny Owl hooting at Stanwix Bank (Linnseus E . Hope). 



12th. — Chaffinch singing at Carlisle (H. Marks). 



14th. — Sky-Lark singing near Stanwix (Linnaeus E. Hope). 



17th. — Grey Lag-Geese (seventeen) seen near Silloth (W. 

 Nichol). 



22nd. — Blackbird first heard singing at Troutbeck (Eric B. 

 Dunlop). 



25th. — Curlews passing over Stanwix during day and re- 

 turning to Solway at evening (Linnaeus E. Hope). 



26th. — Lapwings first seen on the moors, Windermere 

 (Eric B. Dunlop). 



27th. — Curlews passing inland near Windermere (Eric B. 

 Dunlop). 



March 4th. — Wild Geese, three separate parties of twenty- 

 five, thirty, and sixty seen near Silloth (species unidentified) 

 (W. Nichol). 



6th. — Corn-Buntings commenced singing near Carlisle (T. L. 

 Johnston). 



9th.— Redwings heard singing at Troutbeck, Windermere 

 (Eric B. Dunlop). 



13th. — Hawfinches (two) seen at Crosby-on-Eden (E. Hodg- 

 son). Sand-Martins (two) seen at Crosby-on-Eden by four 

 independent observers (J. B. Cairns). Dipper's nest with one 

 egg at Westward, Wigton (R. W. Barwise). 



17th. — Corn-Buntings (flock of sixty-two) on wires at Tod- 

 hills (J. B. Cairns). 



