ARRIVAL OF SPRING MIGRANTS, &c.—The following dates are those of days on which have observed each bird mentioned, for the first time this year, in the counties of Sussex, Suffolk, Cheshire, and Northumberland. The common swallow was seen in Sussex, near Petersfield, on April 11; and near Hexham, in Northumberland, on April 22. April 28 was the first day on which I observed the house martin near Hexham; and May 3 single sand martin near the same place. Several swifts were disporting themselves over the town of Wickham Market, in Suffolk, on May 11. During the last week of April the cuckoo was first heard near Wickham Market; and on May 3 I first heard it in Northumberland. On May 13 I shot a male redbacked shrike near Snape, Suffolk; its stomach contained a mass of beetles and small flies. On April 13 the little chiff-chaffs were enlivening the woods around Petersfield, on the borders of Sussex, with their merry notes: and the willow wren was several times heard near the same place. A water rail's nest with nine eggs, was found in the same neighbourhood as early as April 11, and April 15 a tufted duck was seen on one of the large ponds near Petersfield. I saw a pair of tree pipits near Hexham, Northumberland, on April 28. The nightingale arrived in Suffolk the last week in April; and a wryneck was shot near Wycombe, in Buckinghamshire, about the 7th of the month. On April many wheatears were observed about the sandhills, near Birkenhead, in Cheshire; and on April 27 they made their appearance in Northumberland. The corncrake was heard near Wickham Market May 9; and on May 11 I killed a whinchat near Snape. Redshanks were very numerous in the Snape Marshes last week, and no doubt they breed there. On April 9, while strolling along the shore near Hoylake, in Cheshire, I noticed a fine great northern diver swimming in the smooth water about two hundred yards from the land. I was enabled to see it well by means of a pair of opera glasses, the spots on the upper part of the plumage appearing very deeply marked. I saw a small flock of knots on the shore near Leasowe on April 8, but most of the wading birds appeared to have gone away to breed. On April 16 a yellow wagtail was observed in Northumberland, near Corbridge; early in May a fair number made their appearance in the vicinity of Snape and Saxmundham. The turtle dove reached Suffolk during the first week in May. The stonechat was noticed near Corbridge, in Northumberland, April 24 and on April 30 I saw a female redstart in the same neighbourhood. On May 15 discovered a cole-tit's nest placed at the inmost extremity of a sand martin's hole, which is a very unusual site. The orange-tipped butterfly swarms in this neighbourhood, and the large yellow dragon-fly is by no means uncommon. On May 16 I observed a green woodpecker in Glemham Park; it not a common species here.—A. CLARK KENNEDY (Wickham Market, Suffolk, May 16). The Field.