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14th. — Whinchat seen at Silloth ; a Peregrine flying across 

 the Solway (D. Losh Thorpe). Redshanks in a field near Stan- 

 wix (L. E. Hope). 



17th.— Chififchaff heard at Windermere (W. E. B. Dunlop). 



20th. — A pair of Hawfinches seen in a garden at Wetheral 

 (Rev. A. Scott). Long-tailed Tit nesting at Head's Nook (Mr. 

 Armstrong). 



21st.— Goldeneyes seen on Thirlmere (W. E. B. Dunlop). 



22nd. — A pair of Willow-Warhlers seen at Windermere; snow 

 fell heavily on this date (W. E. B. Dunlop). A fully-built nest 

 of Golden- crested Wren at Head's Nook (Mr. Armstrong). 



23rd. — A Mistle-Thrush's nest at Windermere contained four 

 newly-hatched young (W. E. B. Dunlop). Sis Swallows seen at 

 Etterby (W. H. Little). 



24th. — Two nests of young Thrushes frozen to death at Head's 

 Nook; eighteen degrees of frost registered (Mr. Armstrong). 



25th. — A small flock of Swallows and Sand-Martins arrived 

 at 2.30 p.m. at Caldew Foot, on the Eden. They had gone 

 again at 5 p.m. (D. Losh Thorpe). 



26th. — About a dozen Swallows at Caldew Foot (D. Losh 

 Thorpe). 



27th. — Swallows and Sand-Martins at Caldew Foot to-day 

 (D. Losh Thorpe). 



28th. — Swallows seen at Head's Nook (Mr. Armstrong). 

 About one hundred Barnacle Geese are on Skinburness Marsh 

 (W. Nichol). 



29th. — Cuckoo heard near Silloth (W. Nichol). Common 

 Sandpiper seen near Windermere (W. E. B. Dunlop). Willow- 

 Warbler seen at Head's Nook (Mr. Armstrong). Cuckoo heard 

 at Head's Nook (J. Sewell). 



31st. — Wigeon breeding at Bassenthwaite (W. J. Farrer). 



May 1st. — Swallow, House-Martin, and Yellow Wagtail seen 

 near Windermere ; Goldeneyes still on Thirlmere (W. E. B. 

 Dunlop). A Buzzard's nest near Windermere has three eggs 

 (W. E. B. Dunlop). Common Sandpiper and a single Willow- 

 Warbler noted at Wetheral (T. Harrison). Great migration of 

 birds over Carlisle ; notes of Curlew, Oystercatcher, Redshank, 

 Black-headed Gull, Geese, Mallard, and Warblers were heard 

 (D. Losh Thorpe). Lesser Terns have arrived on the Solway; 



