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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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orfolk, Lincolnshire, the Isleof Man, Cumberland, Westmoreland, Durham, or Northum-berland, and only a few stray birds from Sussex, Kent, Herts,Cambridge and Yorkshire. On May the 6th another immigration probably arrived onthe south coast between Cornwall and Hants, for an increasewas noted in the extreme western counties of Wales and thefirst arrival was recorded in Essex. There was evidence to show that the birds arriving in thesouth passed on to the north, for on the 7th there was adecrease in numbers in the south-west, and an increase in thenorth-west, the first arrivals being noted in the Isle of Manand Westmoreland. On the 8th there was a slight increasein the east (Surrey. Essex, Berks and Cambridge), and thespecies was recorded from Suffolk for the first time. By the 11th and 12th there was a general increase in thenumber of Swifts, especially in the east, but there was noevidence to show whether they came from the west or from 148 SWIFT. England ahdWALES All dates are in May.
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140 the south-cast coast. The species was not recorded fromNorthumberland till the 16th. On May the 14th some were noted at the Hants lights, andfrom that time onwards till about the 24th there seem to havebeen smaller waves of immigrants passing through thecountry; but as the species was by that time resident, theycould not be traced with certainty. Nests with eggs werereported from Cambridge on the 17th. Chronological Summary of the Records. April 23-24. Devon. „ 25. Devon, Glamorgan. „ 26. Cornwall, Devon, Dorset. „ 27. Cornwall. „ 28. Surrey. „ 29. Devon (many), Glamorgan, Shropshire. „ 30. Devon (decrease), Hants.May 1. Devon, Surrey, Derby. „ 2, Scilly Isles, Devon, Surrey, Worcester. „ 3. Cornwall, Devon, Hants, Wilts, Worcester,Brecon. „ 4. Devon (increase), Dorset, Hants, Kent, Somerset,Wilts (many), Surrey, Berks, Oxford, Bucks,Herts, Hereford, Radnor, Shropshire, Merioneth,Lincoln, Derby, Cheshire, Lancashire. „ 5. Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Hants, Sussex,

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