OBSERVED IN HERTFORDSHIRE IN 1888 . 
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Nesting. —The rook ( Corvus frugilegus ) is recorded to have com¬ 
menced to build at Odsey on 3rd March ( Fordham ), at St. Albans 
on 5th ( Hopkinson ), and at Harpenden on 6th ( Willis ); young are 
reported to have been seen at Odsey on 11th April ( Fordham) and 
at Hitchin on 15 th {Hurst). A nest of the blackcap {Sylvia A tri¬ 
cap ilia) with four eggs was seen by Mr. Lewis at Sparrow’s Wick, 
near Harpenden, on 29th May ; and a nest of the redbreast 
{Erithacus Rubecola) with one egg was seen by Miss Laura Dicken¬ 
son at Leasy Bridge on 17th October. 
The following observations on the commencement of song of our 
residents, and the arrival, etc., of our summer migrants and winter 
visitants, have been reported. 
Residents. 
Species. 
Locality. 
Date. 
Observer. 
Song Thrush . 
..Hertford . 
Jan. 7 
B. T. Andrews. 
[Turdus musicus) 
Harpenden ... 
» 8 
J. J. Willis. 
Odsey, Boyston . 
„ 25 
H. G. Fordham. 
Skylark .... 
.Hertford . 
Jan. 7 
B. T. Andrews. 
[Alauda arvensis ) 
Odsey, Boyston . 
»> 7 
H. G. Fordham. 
Harpenden . 
„ 8 
J. J. Willis. 
St. Albans . 
„ 9 
Mar. 14 
J. Hopkinson. 
Tawny Owl . 
[Syrnium Aluco) 
.Harpenden . 
J. J. Willis. 
Summer Migrants. 
Wheatear ...St. Albans 
(Saxicola (Enanthe ) 
Nightingale .Hitchin....... 
[Daulias Luscinia) St. Albans 
Great Gaddesden. 
Harpenden . 
Hoddesdon ... 
Hunton Bridge, Watford 
Whitethroat .Hunton Bridge, Watford 
[Sylvia cinerea) St. Albans ... 
Blackcap ..Hunton Bridge, Watford 
[S. Atricapilla) 
Chife-Chafp ...Hunton Bridge, Watford 
[Phylluscopus rufus) St. Albans . 
Hitchin . 
Willow Warbler .Hertford . 
[P. trochilus) St. Albans . 
Sedge Warbler .St. Albans ... 
[Acrocephalus phragmitis) Hunton Bridge, Watford 
Tree Pipit .St. Albans ... 
[Anthus trivialis ) 
Bed-backed Shrike .St. Albans . 
[Lanius Collurio) 
Spotted Flycatcher ..Odsey, Boyston . 
[Muscicapa Grisola) Great Gaddesden. 
Hunton Bridge, Watford 
Swallow ...Harpenden . 
[Rirundo rustica) Great Gaddesden. 
Hitchin . 
St. Albans . 
Watford ... 
Fanhams Hall, Ware. 
Odsey, Boyston . 
Apl. 10 
Apl. 18 
» 21 
„ 23 
>» 25 
» 27 
„ 29 
Apl. 17 
„ 29 
Apl. 30 
Apl. 2 
„ 15 
„ 15 
Apl. 14 
„ 20 
Apl. 8 
„ 24 
Apl. 28 
May 29 
May 16 
„ 18 
„ 19 
Apl. 15 
„ 15 
„ 15 
» 16 
„ 17 
,, 17 
„ 20 
A. W.Dickneson. 
Alfred Bansom. 
Arthur Lewis. 
H. Procter. 
J. J. Willis. 
F.M. Campbell. 
J. E. Littleboy. 
J. E. Littleboy. 
H. Lewis. 
J. E. Littleboy. 
J. E. Littleboy. 
H. Lewis. 
— Hurst. 
Norman Tbrale. 
H. Lewis. 
H. Lewis. 
J. E. Littleboy. 
H. Lewis. 
H. Lewis. 
H. G. Fordham. 
H. Procter. 
J. E. Littleboy. 
J. J. Willis. 
H. Procter. 
— Hurst. 
H. Lewis. 
J. E. Littleboy. 
B. B. Croft. 
H. G. Fordham. 
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