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THE NIGHTINGALE. 



Daulias lusmiia (L>). 



The first arrival of this species occurred on the south and 

 south-east coasts, between Hampshire and Suffolk. 



The earliest records were of single birds from Surrey on 

 the 20th of April, from Wiltshire on the 21st, from Essex 

 and Hampshire on the 22nd, and from Sussex on the 24th. 



On the 26th many were reported from Suffolk, one from 

 Hertfordshire, and two or three from Essex, Kent and 

 Northamptonshire, the last-named county showing a slight 

 increase on the following day. 



On the 28th and 29th an immigratory movement was 

 noted at St. Catherine's light, Isle of Wight. This was the 

 only lighthouse record. 



A further influx on our south-east coast occurred on the 

 1st of May, as was shown by an increase of numbers in 

 the south-eastern counties ; on the same day many appeared 

 in Bedfordshire. 



On the following day further arrivals were again reported 

 in the south-east. 



The birds then spread to the west and north-west, as on 

 the 2nd of May single individuals were recorded from 

 Devonshire and Cheshire. 



On the 5th two were reported at Shrewsbury, and on 

 the 11th two at Bristol. Many were recorded in South 

 Shropshire on the 18th, and one at Exeter on the 22nd. 



A further small immigration appears to have arrived on 

 the coast of Hampshire and Sussex on the 9th and 10th of 

 May, causing an insrease in the numbers in Berkshire and 

 Hertfordshire on the 9th and 11th ; but its further progress 

 cannot be traced. 



