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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on the 14th, from Norfolk, Surreyand Berks on the 15th, from Derby and Staffordshire onthe IGth and from Cheshire on the 17th. There seems tohave been an influx on April the 18th, for the species wasobserved at the Hanois light, Channel Islands, while a slightincrease was noted in Surrey, many were seen in Glamorgan,and other birds had pushed on into Shropshire and Lan-cashire. On the 20th there seems to have been a slightincrease in the south-east and an increase of males only wasnoted in Yorkshire. Another immigration probal)ly took place on the 22nd onthe south-east coast, as an increase of males was noted inCambridge and Bedford. Larger numljers were noted inNorfolk on the 2Gth, and on the 27th a further increase wasrecorded on the Kentish coast, whence the birds apparentlyspread westward and northward, as they were recorded inHants, Surrey and Cambridge on the 28th and in Devc^nand Worcester on the 29th. On May the 1st this species was recorded from the Hants 110 YELLOW WAGTAIL.
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Ill Ho;)ifs and l)y that date many had settled down in Surrey.On May the 3rd a migratory movement was noted in Devon,Oxford and Staffordshire, and on the -Ith in Dorset, fromwhich county but few had previously been recorded, whilein Kent many had become resident. On the 6th the YellowWagtail was generally distributed in Derby. From the 9th to the 15th there was evidence to show thatsmall migratory movements had been going on in the morenortherl) counties, but in most counties nesting had alreadybegun by about the 12th of May. Chronological Summary of the Records. March 21. Kent (Dungeness).„ 24. Essex.„ 26. Kent (Dungeness).„ 30. Hants.April 3. Kent (Thanet). „ 4. Kent (Thanet and Dungeness). „ 5. Kent (Dungeness). „ 6. Kent (Thanet and Dungeness). „ 7. Essex, Herts. „ 9. Somerset. „ 10. Kent (Dungeness), Essex. „ 11. Kent (Thanet). „ 13. Essex, Yorkshire. „ 14. Somerset, Suffolk, Cambridge. „ 15. Kent (Dungeness and Thanet), Surrey, Berks, Norfolk (few).„

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