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1860, May 12th (two) ........000. Ealing. 
1861, April 25th (several) ......... Ealing. 
1862, April 28th (one) ........000 Rainham, Kent. 
1865, April 28th (one) ............ Rainham, Kent (visiting old nest). 
1866, April 16th (two) ............ Rainham, Kent (visiting old nest). 
1867, May Ath Give) Gicsreccasvcten West Drayton. 
1868, April 23rd (one) ..........0. Sandhurst. 
1869, April 28th (one) .........04. Belvedere. 
1870, April 25th (one) ............ Wells, Somerset. 
1871, May 4th (several)............ Wells, Somerset. 
1872, May Bra(One) sos sessieest ess Lewisham. 
18te, May’ Sih (one) +..0, Sch ee as Lewisham. 
1874, April 24th (several) ......... Windermere. 
1876, April 19th (one). « ....cssa0r9 Nottingham. 
1876, April 23rd (two) ............ Southend, 8.H. 
1877, May 12th (one)...........000 Lewisham. 
1878; April 27th (One) sc.cssssenr « Gloucester. 
LOTS, April: Zara: (lOUs): si.ssacc is Southend, 8.E. 
1880, April 19th (one) ............ Nottingham. 
1881, April 19th: (ome) scs2.sa9000 Walton-on-Thames. 
1882, April 25th (one) ............ Nottingham. 
1888, May 4th (one) ...........000 Nottingham. 
1884, April 30th (one) ............ Nottingham. 
1885, April 20th (two) .......000. Nottingham. 
1886, April 24th (one) ............ Nottingham. 
L887," May Srd\(one))..i...scscctacee Brixton. 
1888, April. 30th (one) . .........0 Nottingham. 
1889, May Sth (two) ..........s.s06 Brixton. 
£890; May 7th (Give) \.. Mie. taets Northfleet, Kent. 
101, April 25th (ame) eecs2. 525. Nottingham. 
1892, May 8th (three) ............ Greenhithe. 
1695, May Ust (OMe) | (i.e casecans Nottingham. 
1894, May 2nd (two) ...........c006 Brixton. 
1895, April 25th (one) - .....<s00.0 Brixton. 
1896, May 5th (oné). ...........0006 Nottingham. 
1897, May 4th (three) ............ Tooting. 
1898, April 18th (one) ............ Dulwich. 
The above dates worked out show that the bird was first seen once in the 
second week of April, five times in the third week of April, fourteen times 
in the fourth week of April, thirteen times between April 29th and May 6th, 
four times between May 7th and 12th; and therefore twenty-seven out of 
thirty-seven records give the arrival between April 22nd and May 6th. Mr. 
Fowler’s records come out rather stronger than my own in averaging the 
arrival of the bird between these dates, viz. thirteen out of sixteen. — F. 
D. Power (299, Cold Harbour Lane, Brixton). 
Nesting of the Greater Spotted Woodpecker near Bath. — Quite 
recently (June 19th) I discovered a nest of the Greater Spotted Woodpecker 
(Dendrocopus major) near this town, which contained young ones. The hole 
was in an ash tree, and, judging from its worn appearance and scarcity of 
wood-chips, had evidently been used more than one season. The incessant | 
noise of the young birds first attracted my attention to the spot, andI am | 
