80 



was probably caused by another influx of immigrants, for the 

 birds seem to have passed on immediately. 



The last lighthouse-record reported a few seen and one 

 killed at St. Catherine's on the 24th. 



A pair were nesting in Hampshire on the 16th of May, 

 and on the same date a second pair were said to be building 

 in Yorkshire. Nests with eggs were found in Cambridge 

 on the 17th, in Radnor on the 18th, in Devon on the 21st, 

 and in Staffordshire on the 25th. 



Chkonological Summary of the Records. 



April 5. Devon. 

 ,, 16. Denbigh. 

 „ 17. Sussex. 

 „ 22. Dorset. 

 „ 24. Cornwall. 



„ 25. Cornwall and Dorset (decrease). 

 „ 26. Channel Islands lights. Kent, Cambridge. 

 „ 29. Hants lights. 

 „ 30. Hants lights. Devon. 

 May 1. Devon (decrease). Surrey. 



„ 2. Kent, Essex, Nottingham, Derby, Yorkshire. 



„ 3. Hants and Essex lights. Dorset, Shropshire. 



„ 4. Kent lights. Berks, Surrey. 



„ 5. Hants lights. Lancashire (few). Leicester. 



„ 6. Hants lights. Suffolk, Lincoln, Denbigh. 



„ 7. Yorkshire (increase). Kent (slight increase). 



Hants, Staffordshire, Westmoreland. 

 ,, 8. Hants lights. Shropshire (full numbers ; males). 



„ 9. Hants lights. Surrey and Middlesex (slight 



increase). Cardigan (several). Northampton 



(many). Herts, Wilts. 

 „ L(). Yorkshire (further increase). Surrey (further 



slight increase). Berks (slight increase). 



Renfrew (few). Norfolk, Lincoln, Derby, 



Denbigh, Cheshire. 



