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making for move northerly breeding-quarters continued to 

 pass during the whole of the month ; but, after the majority 

 of our resident birds had arrived, the course of these later 

 contingents could not be traced with certainty. 



Nesting commenced early, and on the 1st and 2nd of May 

 the birds had already begun to build. 



Chronological Summary of the Records. 



April 2. Wilts. 



„ 3. Gloucester. 



,, 4. Cornwall (many). 



„ 5. Cornwall (decrease). 



„ 6. Devon. 



„ 7. Devon (decrease). 



„ 10. Essex, Suffolk. 



„ 16. Kent, Somerset. 



„ 17. Devon (few). Dorset. 



„ 18. Cornwall (several). Wilts. 



„ 19. Cornwall (decrease). Essex, Suffolk, Glamorgan. 



„ 20. Devon (increase). Glamorgan, Carmarthen. 

 22. Devon (decrease). Cornwall. 



„ 24. Shropshire. 



„ 26. Yorkshire (few). Herts. 



„ 27. Surrey and Middlesex (many). Glamorgan and 

 Shropshire (slight increase). 



„ 28. Devon (increase). Berks (few). Radnor, Car- 

 digan, Derby. 



„ 29. Glamorgan (increase). Kent and Radnor (few). 

 Hants, Sussex, Leicester, Isle of Man. 



„ 30. Hants, Somerset, Shropshire and Yorkshire 

 (increase). Dorset, Wilts and Essex (slight 

 increase). Norfolk, Merioneth and Denbigh 

 (few). Cornwall, Gloucester, Hereford, Staf- 

 fordshire, Lancashire, Westmoreland. 

 May 1. Sussex, Wilts, Herts and Hereford (increase). 

 Essex (further slight increase). Norfolk, 



