Identifier: bulletinofbritis22brit (find matches)
Title: Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club
Year: 1892 (1890s)
Authors: British Ornithologists' Club
Subjects: Birds -- Periodicals
Publisher: (England) : The Club
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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sex. Theseprobably passed rapidly northwards or north-westwards,as an increase was noted in Stafibrdshire on May the 7th. On May the 8th a fresh immigration must have reaeheilthe eastern half of the southern coast, as increased numberswere noticed in Kent and Sussex. On the two followingdays the species was noted from the western counties ofSomerset and Worcester, while on May the 9th a decreasein its numbers was reported in Kent, and it was not observedin Sussex, On May the 10th or 11th another small innnigrationprobably arrived, as increased numbers were again reportedfrom Sussex and also from Wilts. The previous immigration had by this time reached York-shire, where one bird was noticed on May the lOtli andmany on the following day. On May the 12th increasednumbers were noted in Oxfordshire, and, though LesserWhitethroats had been seen in Essex and Cambridge a weekearlier, they were reported for the first time from the easterncounties of Sutiblk and Lincoln. 6G LESSER VVHITETHROAT.
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G7 The Second imiiorfant immigration reached tlio Startliolit, Devon, on May the 13tli and the Hants lights onthe 15th and 16th. Smaller numbers arrived in com))any with larger flightsof other species at the same lights on the three followingmornings ; but in most parts of the country the residentshad siittled down, and from the 17th o£ May onwards reportsof breeding birds arrived from all parts of the country. Chronological Summary of the IIecords. April 8. Surrey. „ 21. Berks, Kent. „ 21. Surrey, Brecon, Isle of Man. „ 2S. Staffordshire.May 1. Berks. „ 3. Berks (slight increase). ,, 4. Cheshire. „ 5. Kent, Herts. „ 6. Cornwall, Wilts, Essex, Cambridge, Stafford-shire. ,, 7. Hants, Essex (few), Staffordshire. „ 8. Kent, Sussex, Middlesex, Shropshire. „ 1). Somerset, Worcester (few), „ 10. Somerset, Herts, Yorkshire. „ 11. Sussex, Wilts (increase), Berks, Bucks, Oxford,Yorkshire (increase). „ 12. Hants, Oxford, Suffolk, Staffordshire, Derby,Lincoln. „ 13. Devo

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