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cross (honi with the \vhi(e variety. Tlicrr nrc no White ones in the 
aviary and I am plcancd they have dune so wrll. 
The Jiivas are alonfr with my I'liducrigars, Canaries, and all 
my small Foreign Finches. 
(Mrs.) ALTNE BONNICK . 
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Akkiv.\l <)1'' Migk.wt.s : Hereunder are the earliest date-; I have 
recorded this s])ring, either at Hazcleigh or the adjoining })arish of 
Danbury . 
April 4. — Swallows (pair), Danbury. 
,, 10. — Nightingale, Hazeleigh. 
,, 10. — Cuckoo, Danburj^. 
,, 12.— Tree Pipit, Hazeleigh. 
,, 14.— Chiff-chaff, Hazeleigh. 
,, 14. — Blackcap, Danbury. 
,, 15. — Swallows (pair), Hazeleigh. 
,, 19. Cuckoo, Hazeleigh. 
I have personal record.s of the Swallow for 25 years and fiml 
the previous r cords for the Nightingale, April, 12th, 1901, at Haze- 
leigh is the earliest ; A])ril 1 4rh, 1904, at Hazeleigh is the previous 
earliest for the Cuckoo. 
That this is an exceptionallj' earlj' spring maj' also be gathered 
from the fact that I first saw an Orange-tip Butt<Tfly yesterday, April 
20th, and on reference to my diary I find that I have records for 34 
years (iinfortunately not (|uit" consecutive) and only six of these are 
in April, the earliest being 7th April, 1S71, near Sevenoaks . 
G, H. R., Hazeleigh, 21/4/' 14. 
April 12. — Swallow, Ipswich. 
,, 16. — Wryneck, Ipswich. 
,, 19. — Lesser -Whitethroat and Willow Warbler, Ipswich. 
,, 22. — Blackcap, Ipswich. 
,, 24. — Garden Warbler, Ipswich. 
,, 25. — Nightingale, Ipswich. 
B. H. S., Ipswich, 27/4/' 14. 
April 12. — One Swallow seen on Southsea Common about 12-30 p.m. 
The date last year was 20th April. 
,, 20.— Cuckoo heard and two Whitethroats .seen on Portsdown Hills. 
D. E. P., Southsea, 12/4/' 14. 
