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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Lancashireand Yorkshire. The main immigration took place between the 22nd and29th of April, when great numbers of Cackoos arrived alongthe whole of the south coast and spread northwards through-out the country as far as Yorkshire and westward to AVales,where the first birds were recorded on the 22nd, though itwas not until May the 5th that they reached those parts inany great numbers. On the 24th at the Hants light and the 25th at the Corn-wall light this species was observed on migration, and duringthe following days an increase was noted in many of thesouthern counties and the first birds reached Westmoreland. Between the 3rd and 12th of May there was a steadyincrease in numbers, the majority arriving on the south-eastcoast, while smaller numbers were observed along the rest ofthe southern seaboard. These birds spread throughout thecountry generally, and the first arrivals were recorded fromCumberland on the 5th. After the 12th the majority of the birds seem to have I5i> CUCKOO.
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159 become settled in their summer-haunts, but smaller movementsseem to have continued in the west till the 20th of May.The first e^g was recorded from Yorkshire on the 18th. To account for the unusually early arrival of the Cuckooin 1907 one must take into consideration the exceptionalclimatic conditions of the spring, the summer-like weatherwhich prevailed during the latter half of March overthe whole of England and Wales, as well as South-westernEurope. Chronological Summary of the Recordh. March 26. Gloucester. „ 29. Hereford. „ 30-31. Wilts. „ 31. Dorset, Hants, Gloucester.April 1. Devon, Sussex, Gloucester. „ 5. Wilts. „ 7. Kent, AVilts. „ a. Devon, Sussex, Kent, Lancashire.9. Wilts. „ 10. Devon. „ 11. Oxford. 12. Devon, Wilts. „ 13. Devon, Kent. „ 1-1. Hants, Kent, Surrey, Berks, Cambridge,Leicester. „ 15. Devon, Kent. „ 17. Kent, Essex, Somerset, Leicester, Yorksliire. „ 19. Sussex, Norfolk, Hereford, Cheshire. „ 20. Dorset. „ 21. Lincoln. „ 22.

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