NATURAL HISTORY BUREAU RECORDS. 125 



Long Newton Marsh, Solway (W. Nichol). A Starling in my 

 dovecote is imitating the notes of a Nightingale, which is in full 

 song in my aviary at Loshville (D. Losh Thorpe). 



16th.— Saw and heard Wood- Warbler at Harker, Carlisle 

 (J. B. Cairns). 



20th. — Willow- Warbler and Sand-Martin seen at Gretna 

 (W. H. Little). 



21st. — Common Sandpiper seen in the Lake District (Eric 

 B. Dunlop). Swallows, Sand-Martins, and House-Martins seen 

 at Wetheral (W. H. Little). Corn-Crake heard at Belle Vue, 

 Carlisle (Fletcher Bitson). 



23rd. — Corn- Crake heard at Knowefield, Carlisle (J. J. Grieve). 

 Cuckoo heard at Keswick (J. Kirkbride). 



24th. — A male Bedstart singing, Troutbeck, Windermere 

 (Eric B. Dunlop). Corn-Crake and Cuckoo heard at Gretna 

 (W. H. Little). 



25th. — Wood- Warbler singing, Lake District (Eric B. Dunlop). 

 Corn-Crake at Carlisle (W. S. Marchington) . 



26th. — Cuckoo heard, House-Martin seen, Pied Flycatcher 

 reported, Lake District (Eric B. Dunlop). 



May 4th. — Yellow Wagtail seen, Lake District (Eric B. Dun- 

 lop). Pair of Yellow Wagtails seen at Tebay (W. N. Donald). 



5th. — Three Swifts seen at Carlisle (H. H. Hodgkinson). 

 Four Swifts seen at Kickerby, Carlisle (W. H. Little). Corn- 

 Crake heard at Stainton, Carlisle (W. B. Bedmayne). 



6th. — Many Swifts seen in Bowness Bay, Windermere, where 

 they have been for some days (Eric B. Dunlop). 



7th. — Swifts seen at Keswick (J. Kirkbride). 



9th. — Corn-Crake heard, Lake District (Eric B. Dunlop). 

 Heard Blackcap Warbler and saw Orange-tip butterfly on the 

 wing at Todhills, near Carlisle (J. B. Cairns). Corn-Crake heard 

 at Grey Moor Hill, Carlisle (W. N. Donald). Wild Geese seen 

 on Kockliffe Marsh (W. N. Donald). 



10th.— Swift seen at Etterby Scaur, Carlisle (W. N. Donald). 

 Heard Nightjar at Bockliffe, Carlisle (J. B. Cairns). 



12th. — Spotted Flycatcher seen, Lake District (Eric B. 

 Dunlop). 



20th. — Saw Tree- Sparrow at Rickerby Park, Carlisle (J. B. 

 Cairns). 



