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probably birds on their way to more northern breeding- 

 quarters. 



They were noted as breeding in Devon on the 27th 

 of April, and in Kent and Cornwall on the 6th and 7th 

 of May. 



Nests with eggs were found in Shropshire on the 11th, in 

 Berkshire on the 17th, in Westmoreland on the 21st, and in 

 Staffordshire on the 25th. 



Chronological Summary of the Records. 



March 19. Leicester. 

 21. Dorset. 



„ 22. Carmarthen. 



„ 23. Surrey, Middlesex, Bedford, Shropshire. 



„ 25. Hants lights. Cardigan, Glamorgan. 



„ 27. Hants lights. Cornwall, Kent, Wilts, Somerset, 

 Bedford. 



„ 28. Hants lights. Yorkshire (few). Hants, Oxford. 



„ 29. Devon, Dorset, Kent, Herts, Buckingham, 

 Berks, Glamorgan. 



„ 30. Hants lights. Kent (few). Northampton, 

 Shropshire. 

 April 1. Berks, Devon, Gloucester and Glamorgan (few). 

 Somerset, Merioneth, Cheshire. 



,, 2. Hants lights. Leicester. 



„ 3. Hants lights. Wilts, Denbigh. 



1. Kent and Surrey (few). Cornwall. 



,, 5. Dorset and Glamorgan (few). Middlesex, 

 Carnarvon. 



„ b. Shropshire (increase). Middlesex (slight in- 

 crease). Wilts (few). Sussex, Essex, Cam- 

 bridge, Denbigh. 



„ 7. Kent, Carmarthen and Cardigan (slightincrease). 



Essex (decrease). Suffolk, Lincoln, Merioneth. 



,, <s. Dorset and Gloucester (slight increase). 



