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THE PIED FLYCATCHER. 



Muscicapa atricapilla L. 



It is difficult to say much as to the immigratory move- 

 ments of this species, owing to the scanty nature o£ the 

 records. 



Its occurrence in the southern or south-eastern counties 

 was only reported twice, when single birds were observed 

 in Dorset and Sussex. 



The main immigration seems to have occurred between 

 the 29th of April and the 1st of May. 



The only report received from a lighthouse -announced 

 that three Pied Flycatchers had been killed at St. Catherine's 

 on the night of the 29th of April. On the 30th one was 

 observed in Dorset and one in Radnor. These were the 

 three earliest records. 



The arrival of Pied Flycatchers was recorded from 

 Carnarvon, Staffordshire, Yorkshire and Westmoreland on 

 the 1st of May. They had reached Cumberland on the 6th, 

 Durham on the 9th, Northumberland on the 12th, and many 

 were recorded from Wiltshire on the 18th. 



A pair were building in Cumberland on the 11th of May 

 and in Radnor on the 20th. In the latter county five 

 nests with eggs (one containing eight) were found on 

 the 30th. 



Chronological Summary of the Records. 



April 29-30. Hants lights. Dorset, Radnor. 

 May 1, Staffordshire (few). Radnor, Carnarvon, York- 

 shire, Westmoreland. 

 „ 2. Yorkshire. 



