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Corn-crake, Crex pratensis April 22 



Yellow wren, Sylvia sibilatrix, 22 



Grasshopper warbler, S. Locus. 23 



Cuckoo, Cuculus canorus, 23 



House-martin, Hirundo urbica, 27 



Flycatcher, Muscicapa grisola, 29 



Common sandpiper, T. hypo 1 . 29 



Butcher-bird, Lanius Collurio, May 2 



Swift, Cypselus Apus, 6 



Redstart, Tithys ruticilla, April 12 



Tree pipit, Anthus arboreus, ... 12 



Nightingale, Philom. Luscinia 12 



Sedge-warbler, S. Phragmitis, 17 



Swallow, Hirundo rustica, 17 



Whitethroat, Curruca cinerea, 20 



Sand-martin, Hirundo riparia 20 



Yellow wagtail, Boarula jiava, 20 



Whin-chat, Sylvia rubetra, ... 20 



Lesser whitethroat, C. garrula, 22 



The above are all that occur in this neighbourhood, some of them are rare, and many 

 that are usually very common, are this season very scarce, whether it is owing to the 

 long continuance of the north-east wind, I do not know. We have had many of the 

 sandpipers, terns, &c, some of which have not occurred here before, namely, the knot 

 (Tringa canutus) and the sanderling (Arenaria Calidris), and some that are rare, viz., 

 the wood sandpiper (Tringla ylareola), Temminck's sandpiper (T. Temminckii), and 

 the little stint (T. minuta), besides some that have already been noticed in ' The Zo- 

 ologist ' as having occurred at Kingsbury reservoir. The names are from Eyton's Ca- 

 talogue. — Fred. Bond; June 17, 1844. 



Note on the arrival of Summer Birds at Lay ton, Essex, in 1844. Observing in the 

 last number of ' The Zoologist,' a request from the Editor for a notice of the time of 

 the arrival of the common summer visitants in various parts of the country ; I have 

 noted the following. A swallow seen on the 27th of March. Chiffchaff first seen 2nd 

 of April. Blackcap heard on the 4th of April. Redstart first seen on the 12th April. 

 Goatsucker on the 8th of May. Wood wren 26th of April. — H. Barclay ; Layton, 

 Essex, May, 1844. 



Note of the arrival of Summer Birds at Epping, in 1844. 



Lesser petty chaps or chiffchaff, March 31 



Redstart, 31 



Swallow, April 2 



Blackcap, 2 



Willow-wren, 3 



Nightingale, 5 



Wood wren, 10 



Tree pipit, 10 



Henry Doubleday ; Epping. 



Wheatear, April 



Whitethroat, 



Whinchat, 



Lesser whitethroat, 



Yellow wagtail, 



Turtle dove, 



Goatsucker, 



Swift, 



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Notes on the arrival of Summer Birds at Elvedon and, its vicinity in 1844. 



Lapwing, Jany. 18 



Black and white wagtail, March 3 



Wheatear, 22 



Lesser pettychaps or chiffchaff, 23 



Great plover, 23 



Ringed plover 26 



Willow wren, April 6 



Wryneck, 9 



House martin, 9 



Swallow, 13 



Cuckoo, 16 



Sand-martin, April 



Redstart, 



Turtle dove, 



Blackcap, 



Nightingale, 



Whinchat, 



Night-jar, 



Landrail, May 



Spotted flycatcher 



Swift, 



Alfred Newton; Elvedon, May 30, 1844. 



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