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THE WOOD- WARBLER. 



Phylloscopus sibilatrix (Bechst.). 



Tins bird appears to have arrived in small numbers along the 

 whole of the southern coast. 



The records are, however, very meagre, and it was not 

 noted at any of the lighthouses. 



Solitary stragglers were observed in Sussex and Wiltshire 

 on the 20th of April, but it was not until the 30th that 

 Wood-Warblers began to arrive in numbers, and were 

 recorded from Cornwall, Kent, Surrey, Bedford, Derby, 

 Shropshire, Westmoreland, Yorkshire and Northumberland. 

 On the 2nd of May an increase in numbers was noted in 

 Yorkshire. 



After that date they became more plentiful in various 

 parts of the country, the usual number of breeding-birds 

 being reported on the 4th and 5th of May in Carnarvon, 

 Shropshire and Staffordshire, while in Cheshire they were 

 said to be well distributed. 



By the middle of May they seem to have settled down in 

 their breeding-haunts. On the 18th several pairs were 

 building in Sussex ; on the 24th a nest ready for eggs was 

 found in Surrey, and on the 25th one with six fresh eggs was 

 recorded in Radnor. 



Chronological Summary of the Records. 



April 20. Sussex, Wilts. 



„ 29. Surrey, Yorkshire. 



„ 30. Cornwall (few). Derby, Northumberland. 

 May 1. Bedford, Surrey, Westmoreland and Yorkshire 

 (few). Cornwall, Kent, Shropshire. 



