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THE REED-WARBLER. 



Acrocephalus streperus (Vieill.). 



The records of this species were so scanty that it was very 

 difficult to trace its movements. A few individuals seem to 

 have arrived in Kent on the 10th of April and to have passed 

 on, but they were not noticed anywhere else in England until 

 the 1st and 2nd of May, when single birds were seen in 

 Leicester and Glamorgan. On the 3rd, 4th and 5th of May 

 they appear to have arrived in the south-east, and many 

 were noted in Essex on the 9th, after which date they 

 seem to have become more generally distributed. The first 

 nest reported was found in Surrey on the 10th, and on the 

 20th eggs were noted in Cheshire. 



Owing to their skulking habits and local distribution these 

 birds were evidently overlooked by most observers : but 

 there seems to have been little doubt that the majority 

 reached this country by an eastern route between the 3rd 

 and 9th of May. 



Chronological Summary of the Records. 



April 



16. 



Kent. 



55 



17. 



Kent (decrease). 



May 



1. 



Leicester. 



55 



2 # 



Glamorgan. 



55 



3. 



Surrey. 



55 



4. 



Kent (increase). 



55 



5. 



Berks. 



55 



6. 



Berks (decrease) 



55 



7. 



Suffolk. 



Essex. 



