. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club . se). Montgomery.„ 7th. Somerset (increase). Glamorgan (great increase). Gloucester, Lincoln andYorkshire (slight increase).„ 8th. Suffolk and Lincoln (increase). Denbigh (usual numbers), (.ambridge (nest witheggs). Notts. 69 May 9th. Montgomery and Lincoln (increase). 10th. Somerset and Hants (increase). Bedford(slight increase). 11th. Monmouth (slight increase). Cumber-landj Northumberland. 12th. Middlesex (slight increase). Montgomery(nest ready for eggs). 14th. Hants and Yorkshire (increase). Merio-neth. 15th. Northampton^ Suffolk and Norfolk
. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club . se). Montgomery.„ 7th. Somerset (increase). Glamorgan (great increase). Gloucester, Lincoln andYorkshire (slight increase).„ 8th. Suffolk and Lincoln (increase). Denbigh (usual numbers), (.ambridge (nest witheggs). Notts. 69 May 9th. Montgomery and Lincoln (increase). 10th. Somerset and Hants (increase). Bedford(slight increase). 11th. Monmouth (slight increase). Cumber-landj Northumberland. 12th. Middlesex (slight increase). Montgomery(nest ready for eggs). 14th. Hants and Yorkshire (increase). Merio-neth. 15th. Northampton^ Suffolk and Norfolk (in-crease). Leicester (slight increase).Glamorgan (nesting). Surrey (nestwith eggs). Lancashire. 18th. Worcester (increase). 19th. Warwick (increase). Kent (nest witheggs). 20th. Glamorgan and Derby (nests with eggs). 21st. Shropshire, Yorkshire and Northumber- land (increase). Hants and Yorkshire(nests with eggs). 22nd. Somerset (large influx on passage). 23rd. Somerset (large decrease). 24th. Lincoln (nest with eggs). 70 71 THE GARDEN-WARBLER. Sylvia hortensis, Bechst, The arrivals of this species were not well recorded, but itseems probable that it arrived along the whole of the southcoast east of Devonshire. It was first recorded in Grloucester on the 13th of April, andfrom that date until nearly the end of the month it occurredsparingly in various counties from Devonshire and Hampshireto Cumberland, reaching the last named on the 23rd. Theonly great wave of immigration of this species which wasrecorded took place on the 28th/29th of April, when hundredswere seen and many killed at St. Catherines light (Hants),while on the night of the 30th of April/lst of May a fewwere seen at Dungeness light (Kent). By the end of the first week in May the birds were welldistributed, but not in any great numbers, and it was notuntil quite the middle of the month that they were fullyestablished in the country. A few local movements were recorded after the 16th ofMay,
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