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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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rey and Worcester. On the 15ththey were noted at the Devon liohts, and during the next fewdays were observed on passage in Shropshire, Staffordshire,Lancashire and the Isle of Man. The first records from the east were a few seen in Kent onthe 19th and in Cambridge on the 22nd, while on the 23i dand 2-ith several were noted at St. Catherines light in theIsle of Wight; on the latter date there was an increasein Essex and the first birds were recorded in Norfolk. Onthe 26th this species was noted at the Norfolk lights with anincrease in Norfolk on the following day. From April the29th to May the 5th numbers coming from the south-east and going inland ■ were recorded from Yorkshire, and on theformer date numbers were noted in Shropshire. On the 6ththere seems to have been a great increase in Yorkshire. Between the -Ith and the 7th of May a large immigrationtook place along the whole of the south coast, but chieflyon the western half, and these birds seem to have spread 13G HOUSE-MARTIN.
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137 throughout England generally, an increase being noted inmany counties, especially in the north, where hitherto thenumbers had been small, and by this time the bulk of ourbreeding-stock had evidently arrived. Further immigrations, however, continued to make theirappearance, notably between the 13th and loth, and chiefly onthe eastern half of the south coast; again between the 18thand 20th, chiefly on the western half ; and possibly also onthe 25th and 26th in Cornwall and Sussex. House-Martins were first seen in Cumberland on the 3rdof May and in Westmoreland on the 6th. They were building in Yorkshire on the 6th, in Hants andStaffordshire on the 7th, in Sussex on the 9th, in Berks onthe 11th, in Kent, Lancashire and Staffordshire on the 12thand in Derby on the 17th. Chronological Summary of the Records. Hants. Cornwall, Somerset, Isle of Man. Dorset. Radnor. Herts. Surrey, Warwick. Dorset, Lincoln. Devon (many), Hants, Essex, Suffolk, Yorkshire. Devon (decrease), Hants (increase),

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