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THE GRASSHOPPER-WARBLER. 



Locustella ncevia (Bodd.). 



Tins species was first noticed in Surrey on the 26th of 

 April, and a small immigration was recorded at St. Catherine's 

 Light on the evening o£ the same day. 



The main immigration took place on the 29th and 30th, 

 when the species was again recorded from St. Catherine's. 

 On the 1st of May Grasshopper- Warblers were noticed 

 in various parts of England, such as Wiltshire, Shropshire, 

 Cardigan and Yorkshire, so that the birds must have spread 

 throughout the country as soon as they arrived. 



Possibly a further immigration took place on the 3rd of 

 May, when many were observed in Cambridge and some 

 were seen in Hampshire ; but the records were so very 

 scanty that no further immigrations or subsequent move- 

 ments could be traced. 



Chronological Summary of the Records. 



April 20. Hants lights. Surrey. 



29. Hants lights. 



., 30. Hants lights. Devon, Glamorgan. 



May 1. Hants, Wilts, Surrey, Cardigan, Shropshire, 

 Yorkshire. 



2. Wilts, Surrey, Radnor, Carmarthen. 



3. Cambridge (many). Hants. 



1. Shropshire (few). Glamorgan, Carnarvon, 



Cheshire, Yorkshire. 

 5. Northumberland. 

 •V Dorset. 



