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day from Cornwall ; between the 12th and 16th there were 

 records showing- a steady increase in Cumberland. 



A further small arrival seems to have taken place in Kent 

 on the 25th. 



A nest with eggs was reported from Westmoreland on the 

 18th ; but nesting must have begun earlier in the south, 

 as young were hatched in Kent by the 28th of May. 



Chronological Summary of the Records. 



April 2. Berks. 

 4. Kent. 



„ 8. Yorkshire. 

 10. Kent. 



„ 15. Shropshire. 



„ 17. Kent (few). Carnarvon. 



„ 20. Kent (few). 



„ 23. Wilts. 



„ 24. Sussex. 



„ 26. Yorkshire. 



„ 27. Kent (few). Dorset, Northampton. 



„ 28. Dorset, Yorkshire. 



„ 2\). Hants and Dorset lights. Kent (increase). Ox- 

 ford, Berks, Surrey. 



„ 30. Kent (decrease). Cornwall. 

 May 1. Yorkshire (few). Hants, Kent, Norfolk, 

 Leicester, Derby, Cheshire, Lancashire. 



„ 2. Norfolk, Staffordshire, Shropshire, Radnor, 

 Cardigan, Merioneth. 



„ 3. Cheshire (few). Norfolk (decrease). Derby. 



„ 4. Bedford, Suffolk and Yorkshire (few). Cheshire 

 (generally distributed). Cornwall, Hants, 

 Norfolk, Gloucester, Glamorgan, Radnor, 

 Denbigh. 



„ 5. Hants lights. Shropshire (several males). 



„ 6. Shropshire (increase, females). Merioneth. 



Notts, Lancashire. 



