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SPRING MIGRANT BIRDS IN 1 885. 



Lister) ; 4th, Flamborough Head, several (M. Bailey) ; 5th, North 

 Cheshire (T. A. Coward) ; 6th, Spurn Head (P. W. Lawton) * 



Swallow (Hirundo rustica). April 13th, Nottingham, one 

 (F. B. Whitlock) ; 14th, Barnsley (T. Lister); 15th, Bourne, Lincoln- 

 shire (J. F. Bacon) ; Wakefield (E. B. Wriggle sworth) and Tad- 

 caster, Yorkshire (B. B. Thompson) ; i6th, Alford, Lincolnshire 

 (J. E. Mason) and Rotherham (E. W. West); 17th, Mansfield, Notts. 

 (J. AVhitaker), Harrogate (P. Inchbald), Nidderdale (W. Storey), 

 Ryburne Valley, near Halifax (F. G. S. Rawson), Spurn Head (P.W. 

 Lawton), Beverley (J. C. Swailes), Leeds (W. C. Scott), and Wensley- 

 dale (J. A. Erskine-Stuart) ; 18th, first seen at Flamborough Head 

 (M. Bailey) ; near Ripon (J. Ingleby) and several near Ripley (C. E. 

 Avignon); 19th, Cottingley, Yorkshire, and Carlisle (T. Duckworth); 

 20th, North of Solway, one (J. J. Armistead); 21st, Luddendenfoot 

 (F. D. Clayton); 23rd, Brough, Yorkshire (L. H. West),; 25th, North 

 Cheshire (T. A. Coward) ; 26th, North Stainley, near Ripon (Rev. 

 R. A. Summerfield). 



Earliest record for south of England, April 2nd, Bath (H. F. 

 Maitland) and Williton (T. Cridland). 



Martin (Chelidon urbica). April 3rd, Nottingham, one (F. B. 

 Whitlock) ; 5th, Barnsley (T. Lister); i6th, near Leeds (W. C. 

 Scott); 17th, Nottingham, common (F. B. Whitlock); i8th, North 

 Cheshire (T. A. Coward); 19th, North Stainley, near Ripon (Rev. 

 R. A. Summerfield); 21st, Ryburne Valley, near Halifax (F. G. S. 

 Rawson), Masham (T. Carter), and Nidderdale (W. Storey); 22nd, 

 Carlisle (T. Duckworth) and Mansfield, Notts. (J. Whitaker) ; 28th, 

 Wilsden, Yorkshire (E. P. P. Butterfield) and near Ripon (J. Ingleby); 

 May I St, Brough, Yorkshire (L. H. West). 



Earliest record for south of England, March 24th, Avonturn, near 

 Salisbury (A. L. Morley). 



Sand Martin (Cotile riparia). April 5th, Carlisle (T. Duck- 

 worth) ; 15th, Wakefield (E. B. Wrigglesworth) ; i6th, Rotherham 

 (E. W. West) and Tadcaster, Yorkshire (B. B. Thompson); 17th, 

 Nidderdale (W. Storey); i8th, Harrogate (P. Inchbald); 19th, 

 Cottingley, Yorkshire ; 20th, Mansfield, Notts. (J. Whitaker) and 

 Barnsley (T. Lister); 21st, Ryburne Valley, near Halifax (F. G. S. 

 Rawson); 23rd, Nottingham (F. B. Whitlock) and North Cheshire 

 (T. A. Coward). 



Earliest record for south of England, April 2nd, Bath (H. F. 

 Maitland). 



*Mr. Lawton states that this species has been more numerous than he ever 

 before knew it. Mr. Coward would be glad to know if it is of regular occurrence 

 in North Cheshire, and if it breeds ; he never 'before observed it in the district. 



Naturalist, 



