across the North Sea in the spring and autumn, both to the E. and S.E.
and W. and N.W., is very clearly established (see General Remarks,
1884 Report, East Coast of England, pp. 69 and 70). This phenomenon
is regularly recorded on the whole of the east coast, but specially
observable at those light-vessels which are stationed in the south-east
district included in this report; at the same time, it is invariably
persistent and regular year by year.
An examination of the reports, seven in number, already issued by the
Committee, will show the extreme regularity and precision in time
during which the migration of each species is carried on. This applies
both to the vernal and autumnal passage; in the vast majority of cases
the commencement of the migration occurring on the same day, or within
a few days, of a fixed period, so that it would not be difficult to
tabulate in advance with almost certainty the normal movement or
migration of each species.
The arrivals of rare and occasional visitants have been unusually
few; perhaps those of chief interest are the occurrences of the
Arctic Bluethroat and Desert Chat at Spurn, the Black-Bellied Dipper
in Lincolnshire, the Woodchat Shrike, Serin Finch, and Spoonbill in
Norfolk, and the Spotted Eagle in Northumberland.
In the spring the earliest occurrence of our summer visitants is as
frequently recorded at the northern as at the southern stations;
instance the arrival in 1885 of the Swallow at Spurn on April 8th; the
Swift, several, on April 20th; and the Cuckoo at Whitby on April 8th;
and in 1886 the arrival of Wheatears at the Farn Islands on February 2
2d. The line of migration of the latter, as yearly observed at the Tees
L.V., is from S.E. to N.W.
_Addenda to "General Notes," East Coast of England._
Leman and Ower L.V.--Mr T. Artis:--March 19th to 28th, 1886. On March
19th and 25th "Black Crows" N.W. to S.E.; and between March 19th to
28th, Skylarks, Starlings, Chaffinches, and others to W. March 28th, at
9 P.M., S.S.E., fog. One Fieldfare, three Starlings, three Chaffinches,
one Woodcock, and three Bramblings killed. Mr Artis also remarks,
under date of April 13th, 1886, 5 P.M. and 7 P.M.:--"I have to inform
you that this afternoon, being a calm at the time, I saw close to my
vessel, about three ship's length off, a very large creature which I
believe was some sort of a whale. I never saw such a fish near the
Leman and Ower banks (18 fathoms) before. It appeared to be larger than
the ship, and came from the N.W., going S.E., and at 7 P.M. he was
surrounded by spring herrings--some thousands--leaping out of the water
from three to four feet. It was a beautiful sight."
There is a very interesting schedule, which is carried forward to the
next report (1886), from the Longstone L.H., Mr Thomas O. Hall. A
Woodcock was flushed on the 3d of April on the rock, which flew E. On
April 7th, at 9.30 A.M., two flocks of Hooded Crows passed to mainland,
wind W., strong; and on the 13th a small flock of Books passed to
mainland at 7.30 A.M., wind S.E. and E. There was a great flight of
Fieldfares, Redstarts, and Wheatears, and other kinds, round the
lantern between 12 and 1 A.M. on the 28th April. As soon as the wind
shifted to the N.E. all the birds left.
HELIGOLAND.
_Ornithological Almanac for 1885._[11]
[Footnote 11: Contributed by Mr Gätke.]
=January.=
1st and 2d.--
3d.--_Fringilla chloris_, very many. _Alauda arvensis_ and _Turdus
pilaris_, numerous.
4th to 8th.--Guillemots on hatching ridges in rocks by thousands.
9th and 10th.--
11th, evening, N.E.--Extensive migration during the night: _Numenius_,
_Char. auratus_, _Tringa_.
12th, N.E., light wind, 1 deg. frost, a little snow.--_Fring.
chloris_, very many; _cannabina_ and _montium_, fewer; _Turdus
pilaris_, _iliacus_, _merula_, and _viscivorus_, numerous, the latter
individually. _Anth. pratensis_, pretty many; _Num. arquata_ and _Char.
auratus_, all numerous, migrating overhead.
13th, S.E., fine.--_Fring. chloris_, again very many, twenty at one
shot; _cannabina_ and _montium_, also very many; _Turdus pilaris_ and
_Alauda arvensis_, also very many; _Sturnus_, fifty to sixty.
14th, N.E., heavy, thick, overcast.--Nothing.
Up to 27th, frost 3-5 deg., fine weather.--During the whole time only
stray birds: _Sturnus merula_, _Al. arvensis_, _Emb. miliaria_.
28th, 29th, 30th, S.W., overcast, mild.--_Fr. chloris_, very many.
_Merula_, _pilaris_, _Sturnus_, _Al. arvensis_, many passing on.
=February.=
1st and 2d.--Nothing.
3d.--_Al. arvensis_, extraordinary many. _Fr. chloris_ and _cannabina_,
also many. _T. merula_, _musicus_, _iliacus_, also pretty many. _Char.
auratus_, _Num. arquata_, many passing on.
4th, southerly.--All the above, but considerably fewer. _Corv.
frugilegus_, a swarm of at least one hundred.
Till 9th westerly wind, often fog.--Nothing. 9th, Guillemots in rocks.
10th, 11th, 12th, S.E. and S.--Nothing. Stray _merula_. Many _Fr.
chloris_.
13th to 17th, S.W., fog.--_Turd. viscivorus_, ten or twelve on 17th.
_C. frugilegus_, a great flight.
Up to 23d.--Nothing passing.
24th, S.S.W., still, fine weather.--_Mot. lugubris_, one [male]. _Sax.
rubicola_, several [male]. _Anth. rupestris_ and _pratensis_. _Alauda
arvensis_, few. _Arborea_, a couple.
25th, S.W., clear, fine; in evening south.--_Corvus monedula_, a
tolerably great flight. _Turd. merula_ and _iliacus_, pretty many.
_Viscivorus_, ten to fifteen. _Sax. rubicola_, [male]. _Anth.
pratensis_ and _rupestris_, pretty many. _Al. arvensis_, a great many.
_Arborea_, a few. _Fring. chloris_ and _cannabina_, numerous. _Scol.
rusticula_, one.
26th, S.W., early fog; P.M. clear, fine.--_Corv. frugilegus_, ten
thousands. _Cornix_, few. _Sturnus_, many. _Merula_, few. _Alauda_
passing on overhead. _S. rubicola_, several _Fr. chloris_, _cannabina_,
_cœlebs_, many, particularly the first. _F. domesticus_, a great flight
passing high overhead eastward. _Anth. pratensis_ and _rupestris_,
many. _Mot. lugubris_, a fine [male]. _Char. auratus_, _vanellus_, and
_hiaticula_. _Fr. alpina_ and. _Num. arquata_ all migrating in great
numbers.
27th, S., S.S.E. forenoon, fog; P.M. clear, fine.--All the above, but
less in number. _Mot. lugubris_, fine [male].
28th, S.W., still, dense fog.--_Corv. frugilegus_, flights overhead
passing. _Sax. rubicola_, two in the garden. _Mot. lugubris_, fine old
[male]. _Emb. schœniclus_, a few. _Anser cinereus_, seventeen passing
low overhead.
=March.=
1st, early, 8 to 9, fog, still; later, N., light, clear; P.M., N.W.,
fresh.--_Merula_, early a couple hundreds.
2d.--_F. peregrinus_, one old bird. _Accentor_, several in the garden.
3d, S.S.W. to S.E.--_F. tinnunculus_. _Corv. frugilegus_, many.
_Cornix_, few. _Alauda arvensis_, _Anth. pratensis_ and _rupestris_,
few. _Fr. cannabina_, many. _Chloris_, fewer. _Char. vanellus_, ten to
fifteen. _Auratus_, a couple.
4th.--Almost nothing: A few _Al. arvensis_ and _alpestris_. _Emb.
schœniclus_ and _nivalis_.
5th, N.W., light, overcast.--_F. æsalon_, one old 6. _Corv.
frugilegus_ and _Sturnus_, not many. _Merula_, several. _Al.
arvensis_, very many, numerous flights overload passing. _Mot.
lugubris_, a few females and young male. _Emb. schœniclus_, several.
_Char. vanellus_, thousands. _Auratus_, hundreds. _Hiaticula_, twenty
to fifty. _Num. arquata_ and _Fring. alpina_, many. _Scol. rusticula_,
one.
6th, N.E., fresh, little wet snow.--_Milvus_, one. _Sturnus_, _merula_,
and _scolopax_, several. _Al. arvensis_, several large flights. _Ans.
albifrons_, one, one year old.
7th, N.W. to W., clear, cold 1 deg.--_F. æsalon_, one [male]. _Sturnus_
and _Alauda_, stray birds. _Anth. pratensis_ and _rupestris_, somewhat
more.
8th, W., S.W.; in evening fog.--Nothing. A few _Mot. lugubris_. Few
_Sturnus_. One Woodcock.
9th, N.N.W., windy, cold, now and then fine snow, and clear.--_Corv.
cornix_, little flights. _Mot. lugubris_, a couple. Two Woodcocks.
10th, N.W., fresh, loose scattered clouds, cold.--Nothing.
11th, N.N.W., fresh; P.M., N.E., clear, cold.--_Merula_ and _Sturnus_,
a few.
12th, W.N.W., slight wind, thick, almost fog.--_Merula_, _Anth.
pratensis_ and _rupestris_, a few.
13th, N.W., fresh, misty.--Almost not a bird. A few miserable Pewits.
14th, N.N.W. to N., fresh, cold.--Nothing. A few _Mot. alba_.
15th, N.N.W., windy, cold, overcast; in evening fog till 1.30 A.M.--_T.
merula_, tolerable, ten caught in bush, 8 old [male], 2 [female].
_Sturnus_, flights. _Mot. alba_, singly. _Vanellus_, early, some
flights. Four to five Woodcocks. Several Snipes and Plover.
16th, W., violent, cold, overcast; in evening clear.--_Corv. cornix_,
six to ten. _Sturnus_, till nine in morning; flights of hundreds and
thousands. _Merula_, a few hundred. _Iliacus_, fewer. _Mot. alba_, few.
_Anth. rupestris_, some. _Pratensis_, none. _Al. arvensis_, many. _Fr.
cœlebs_ and _cannabina_, few. _Char. vanellus_ and _auratus_ passing on
overhead. Woodcocks, three shot. _Tr. alpina_, early, great flights.
From two o'clock till daylight at Lighthouse.--_Sturnus vulgaris_,
extraordinary many, 300 to 400 being caught. _Merula_, very many,
_Alauda_, _Char. vanellus_ and _auratus_, also very many. Also ducks.
17th, W., fresh, overcast, cold; P.M. wind heavy.--Nothing.
18th, and 19th, W. and N.W., windy, very cold.--Nothing.
20th, W.S.W., very heavy, thick.--Nothing.
21st, N.W. to N., stormy, hail showers.--Nothing.
22d and 23d, N.E., hail, snow.--Nothing.
24th, E. by N., light, clear; in evening frost.--Nothing.
25th, E. by S., light, overcast.--Nothing.
26th, calm, overcast; in evening clear and cold, S.E., light.
_F. peregrinus_, one. _Corv. cornix_, very many. _T. merula_, less,
nearly all old _Scol. rusticula_, thirty to forty shot. _Ral.
aquaticus_, a couple. _Sax. ænanthe_, some [male]. _Alauda alpestris_,
great flights. _Fr. cœlebs_, _cannabina_, and _chloris_, pretty many.
_Anth. pratensis_ and _rupestris_, do. _Vanellus_ and _Tr. alpina_
passing on overhead early.
27th, S.S.W. violent, overcast, cold; in evening ten o'clock fog.--_F.
æsalon_ [male]. _Lanius major_, one. _Corv. cornix_, early, a few great
flights, very high, 1000 feet, passing on. _Turdus_, _Fringilla_,
_Anthus_, stray birds. _Sax. ænanthe_, a couple old [male]. _Fr.
montana_, some (the first). _Col. palumbus_, pretty many. _Vanellus_,
early, pretty many. _Scolopax_, twenty to thirty been shot.
28th, N.N.W., slight; early overcast, later clear, fine.--_Corv.
cornix_, single flights. _Sturnus_, some flights. _Merula_, pretty
many, only half of them black. _Musicus_, some. _Alauda_, _Fringilla_,
_Anthus_, few. _Alauda alpestris_, some flights. Woodcocks, 140 to 150
being shot. _Sy. rufa_, two in garden.
29th, northerly, light, clear, early hoar-frost.--_Corv. cornix_, not
many. _Monedula_ and _frugilegus_, pretty numerous. _Sturnus_, small
flights. _Merula_, early, pretty many. _Iliacus_, scattered. _Sy.
rubecula_, a couple. _Regulus flavicapillus_, two. _Mot. alba_, several
small flights and single birds. _Anth. pratensis_ and _rupestris_,
pretty many. _Emb. schœniclus_ and _citrinella_. _F. cœlebs_, all very
single. _Scolopax_, about twenty shot.
30th, E., S.S.E., slight, clear, fine, early, very sharp hoar-frost, in
evening E.N.E., cool.--All the above, but in little numbers.
_T. viscivorus_, daily a few; never coming numerous. _Char. auratus_
and _vanellus_, as _Tot. calidris_ only singly. Ought to have been
_merula_ and _scolopax_, but if hoar-frost turns up early, there is
never much visible migration.
31st, S.E., quite light, clear, strong hoar-frost, during daytime
warm.--Early, nothing, and during daytime almost nothing, in spite of
fine weather. _C. cornix_ and _monedula_, very single small flights.
No _Sturnus_, no _merula_, no Woodcocks shot. _S. titys_, one. _F.
cœlebs_, _cannabina_, _chloris_, as _Anthus_ all very single.
Strange, that in forenoon, after all hoar-frost had disappeared, and
it became quite warm and sunny, not a _merula_ or _scolopax_ arrived,
and no Crows passed, the few flights of the latter passing surprisingly
high, certainly several thousand feet, which is very uncommon, as the
usual normal boundary is 500 to 600 feet. Can this give rise to the
conclusion that other species whose normal route of migration lays
always very high, should under the influence of hoar-frost migrate so
high that they can neither be seen nor heard, which would be in the
case of Crows about 10,000 feet?
In rare cases I have seen Rooks and Daws pass so high, that my
attention being roused by their call, they were only visible in the
shape of very fine dust.
The same also happens that under favourable atmospheric circumstances,
the calls sound down clear from a height to which the sense of sight is
unable to penetrate.
=April.=
1st, westerly, slight sunny; warmer. Highest cirri, N.O.--Only very
little visible migration. The few flights of _Corv. cornix_ and
_monedula_ extraordinary high, 3000 to 4000 feet. _Merula_, not many;
more than half old [female]. _Musicus_ and _iliacus_, some. _Rubecula_,
_Accentor_, _Regulus fl._, _Sax. ænanthe_ and _rubicola_, all only few.
_Mot. alba_, _Anth. pratensis_ and _rupestris_, pretty many. Larks,
few. _Fr. cœlebs_, _montifringilla_, _cannabina_, and _montium_, all
pretty many. _Scolopax rusticula_, a couple. _Anas nigra_ [male], very
many on the sea.
2d, N.N.W., light; early fog, flying clouds, W.S.W.; P.M. North
overcast, cold.--Nothing during daytime. Early, from three to four
o'clock, Woodcocks and Thrushes, Five to seven fog; in evening cold,
clouds very slow from North. _Sy. titys_, a couple. _Merula_, very few.
3d, N.E., fresh, cold, clear; early, hasty cloud-flocks.--Nothing. _F.
æsalon_ and _tinnunculus_, of each a couple. _Merula_, passing the
whole day singly. _Al. alpestris_, pretty many. _Scolopax_, singly.
4th, N.E., slight, cool, clear; in evening, E. by S., cloudy.--Nothing.
_Merula_, passing singly the whole day. _F. æsalon_ and _tinnunculus_,
a couple. _Al. alpestris_, pretty many, flights of twenty to thirty.
_Scolopax_, forty to fifty being shot.
5th, S.E., fresh, thick, cloudy; hasty clouds, low, loose; cold.--Early
not a bird; during day few Starlings, Thrushes, Hedge Sparrows, and
Shore Larks. Guillemots arrived by thousands in hatching places.
6th, S.E., pretty sharp, later, stiller, clear, not cold.--_F.
peregrinus_, _æsalon_, and _tinnunculus_, pretty many. _Corv. cornix_,
pretty many. _Monedula_, few. _T. merula_, few. _Musicus_, more.
_Pilaris_, some. _Rubecula_ and _accentor_, several._Sax. ænanthe_,
[female], and _Mot. alba_, pretty many. _Al. alpestris_, very many,
passing on. _Fringilla_ and _Anthus_, only few. _Col. palumbus_ and
_Scolopax_, not many.
7th, E., windy, overcast, cool; in evening, E. by N., rain.--_F.
peregrinus_, _æsalon_, and _tinnunculus_, several. _T. musicus_, few;
_torquatus_, a couple. _Anth. pratensis_, many; _rupestris_, few. _Al.
arvensis_, _alpestris_, and _arborea_, small flights. _Emb. miliaria_,
some. _Fr. cœlebs_, many on the move. _Col. palumbus_ and _Scolopax_,
some. _Totanus glareola_, one.
8th, E. by S., fresh, overcast, clouds moving from S.E. and S.S.E.
past; night cold, from 11 to 2 fog; early, at 5 o'clock, again
fog.--_F. æsalon_ and _tinnunculus_, very many, passing on over the
sea. _Mot. alba_ and _Emb. citrinella_, pretty many. _Miliaria_, less;
almost nothing besides.
9th, E. by N., slight, weather good, clouds from S.S.E.; in evening,
east wind, dark; during night rain.--_F. æsalon_ and _tinnunculus_,
several. _C. cornix_ and _monedula_, pretty many early. _Turdus_,
almost none. _Al. arvensis_, pretty many; _alpestris_, very many. _Sy.
trochilus_, two to three. _Rubecula_, many. _Accentor_, tolerable.
_Mot. alba_, many. _Anth. pratensis_ and _rupestris_, fewer. _Emb.
citrinella_, many _schœniclus_, fewer. _Fr. cœlebs_, _montifringilla_,
and _cannabina_, many. _Par. major_, many. _Reg. flavicapillus_
and _Sax. ænanthe_, also pretty many. _Scolopax_, only a few. _Sy.
leucocyanea_, two fine old [male], one of them nearly uniform blue.
10th, easterly, light, thick, fine rain; in evening W. and W. by N.,
light. During the past night, from 2 o'clock, very many _Turdus_ and
_Saxicola_ migrating. During the day extremely many of all the above
species passing over the sea.
_F. peregrinus_, _æsalon_, and _tinnunculus_, many; _haliaëtos_, one.
_Corv. cornix_ and _monedula_, pretty many. _Sturnus_, fewer. _T.
musicus_, many; _merula_, fewer; _pilaris_, very many, great flights.
_Sy. rubecula_, extraordinary many; not a single _Sylvia_ besides.
_Accentor_, pretty many. _Sax. ænanthe_, in astonishing numbers. _Mot.
alba_, _Anth. pratensis_ and _rupestris_, very many. _Al. arvensis_,
very many; _alpestris_, in flights of hundreds. _Emb. citrinella_,
_miliaria_, and _schœniclus_, singly. _F. cœlebs_, _montifringilla_,
and _cannabina_ passing in uncountable numbers the whole day till
evening. _Col. palumbus_, about ten. _Scolopax_, none. _Char. auratus_,
_vanellus_, and _hiaticula_, as _Tringa_ and _Totanus_, very many
migrating.
11th, easterly, light, dull, very fine drizzly rain.--During the past
night, from 2 o'clock, extensive migration of Thrushes, Wheatears, and
all sorts of Longshanks; particularly uncountable numbers of Pewits.
_F. tinnunculus_, several. _Strix otus_, one in the garden. _Turd.
merula_, pretty many, almost all [female]; _musicus_ and _pilaris_,
also many. _Rubecula_, very many; not a warbler. _Accentor_, few.
_Mot. alba_, many; _lugubris_, one. _Anth. pratensis_ and _rupestris_,
many. _Emb. citrinella_ and _miliaria_, many; _schœniclus_, fewer.
_Scol. rusticula_, only a few. _Gallinago_, early, extraordinary many.
Early in the morning Pewits, Plover, and _hiaticula_, extraordinarily
numerous.
12th, S.E., light, dull, overcast.--_F. tinnunculus_, _C. cornix_,
_Mot. alba_, only singly. _Al. alpestris_, pretty many. Altogether
little migration.
13th, N. by E., slight, clear; P.M., wind somewhat fresher, cool.--_F.
æsalon_, _tinnunculus_, and _nisus_, as _C. cornix_, all pretty
many. _Turdus_, stray birds. _Sylvia_ and Wheatears, almost none.
_Sy. titys_, one [male]. _Motacilla_, _Anthus_, and _Accentor_,
only few. _Al. alpestris_, many great flights. _Fringilla_, pretty
many, especially _cannabina_. _Columba_ and _Scolopax_, a few. _Lar.
glacialis_, one young bird in summer plumage shot.
14th, northerly, quite light, clear, air cool; in evening
overcast.--Very slight migration. Several little Falcons, _æsalon_,
now, females and young. _Corv. cornix_ and _monedula_, early some.
_Turdus_, almost none. _Sylvia_, none at all. _Fringilla_, very few;
one _linaria_. _Mot. flava_, some, the first. _Anth. pratensis_ and
_rupestris_, pretty many. _Alauda alpestris_, pretty many. _Char.
auratus_, one fine old bird, in summer plumage. No Pigeons; no
Woodcocks.
15th, S.E., almost calm during night and early morning, very fine
rain, cool.--Very little migration; a few little Falcon; early a few
flights of Crows. _T. torquatus_, _merula_, _musicus_, _pilaris_, all
singly. _Sy. rubecula_, _rufa_, and _Accentor_, only very singly. _Al.
alpestris_, very many. _Fringilla_, singly. _Col. palumbus_, some.
Woodcocks, three shot.
16th, E., early slight; in evening, fresh, clear, wind cool.--Very
little migration, as previous day. _Sylvia trochilus_, some. _Mot.
flava_, several _Anth. arborea_, one. _Hir. rustica_, one. _Fr.
coccothraustes_, a couple.
17th, E. and N.E., very fresh, clear, wind cool--Extremely little
migration. _F. peregrinus_, one fine old bird. Little Falcons and
_F. nisus_, pretty many; _æsalon_, only females and young males.
_T. musicus_, few; _merula_, old [male], but only with half a tail.
_Sy. leucocyanea_, one [male]; _trochilus_ and _rubecula_, a few.
_Accentor_, few. _Fringilla_, very few; _coccothraustes_, one.
18th, E. by N., fresh, clear, a little warmer.--Very little
migration. _Mot. flava_, _Hir. rustica_, _Anth. arborea_, some. _F.
coccothraustes_, one in garden; everything besides very singly. Still
too cold.
19th, E. by S., S.S.E., slight, quite clear, warm.--_F. æsalon_ and
_tinnunculus_, pretty many, all [female]. _Corv. cornix_, extraordinary
many; even late in afternoon passing on overhead till 6 o'clock, which
is the greatest exception, as the normal migration ceases by 2 o'clock
in the afternoon. _T. musicus_, pretty many; _merula_, still pretty
many, females; _pilaris_, many; viscivorus, singly. _Sylvia_, stray
birds. _Regulus_, _Accentor_, ditto. _Saxicola_, tolerable, females.
_Al. arvensis_, some; _alpestris_, pretty many. _Hir. rustica_, a few.
_Cic. alba_, one. _Scolopax_, five to six being shot. _Rallus_, some.
_Numenius_ and _Totanus_, a few.
20th, S.W., little wind, clear, bank to northward, W. and N.W.,
freshing up; in evening, light.--_F. æsalon_ and _tinnunculus_,
females, a few; _Buteo_, one; _Corvus_, stray birds. _T.
musicus_, early, pretty many; _torquatus_ and _merula_, females,
singly. _Sylvia_, almost none; a few _trochilus_ and _rubecula_.
Anth. pratensis, few; _arborea_, a couple. _Fringilla_, few;
two _coccothraustes_; just before evening, a large flight of
_montifringilla_, about 100 to 150. _Al. alpestris_, few small flights.
_Hir. rustica_, ten to twenty. _Col. palumbus_, early many. _Scolopax_,
few. _Char. auratus_, one fine old bird.
21st, W.N.W. and N.W.--During past night extensive migration of all
Longshanks; as small birds, commencing already at 10 P.M. on 20th.
During the day all those of yesterday, but only very singly.
22d, S.W., light, slightly cloudy, the first warm day.--Again little
migration; everything there, but singly. No Bluethroats; no _Sylviæ_,
_curruca_, _phœnicurus_. One _Mot. flava_ and one _Raii_, _Anth.
arborea_, _Hir. rustica_, of each a small party of about fifteen to
twenty. _Al. alpestris_ still up to 100 during the day.
23d, S.W., light, overcast; in night, very fine rain.--_F. æsalon_ and
_tinnunculus_, females, some. _C. cornix_, a small flight. _Sturnus_,
still only few. _Sy. luscinia_, one; _trochilus_, some; _phœnicurus_,
ditto. _Mot. flava_, few. _Raii_, one. _Anth. arborea_, some. _Sax.
ænanthe_, stray birds; _rubetra_, one; altogether very little. A few
small _Totanus_.
24th, W., S., E.S.E., quite light, warm, slightly cloudy.--Early not a
bird; later in day the above, but very singly. Sixty to eighty pilaris.
25th, early, S.S.E.; A.M., S.S.W., fresh, overcast; P.M. and evening,
quite light, S.E., warm.--_Emb. hortulana_, _Jynx torquilla_, and _Up.
epops_, the first ones. _F. æsalon_, _tinnunculus_, and nisus, few
females. _T. musicus_, _torquatus_, and _pilaris_, not many. _Anth.
arborea_, some; _pratensis_, more, but not many. _Sax. rubetra_,
pretty many. _Sy. rubecula_ and _trochilus_, pretty many; no _suecica_
nor _curruca_. _Mot. flava_, tolerable. _Al. alpestris_, few, small
flights. _F. cœlebs_, _montifringilla_, and _cannabina_, scattered.
_Tot. ochropus_, some, _Num. arquata_, still a few flights. _Ard.
cinerea_, a couple.
26th, S.S.W., slight, thick, overcast, but will not rain; in evening,
E.S.E.--_Mus. luctuosa_, a fine old male in garden. _Sy. cinerea_,
_curruca_, _phragmitis_, and _locustella_, the first ones.
_F. æsalon_, _tinnunculus_, and _nisus_, females, scattered. _T.
musicus_ and _torquatus_, pretty many. _Sy. rubecula_ and _trochilus_,
tolerable; _phœnicurus_, less; no _suecica_. _Anth. arborea_, _Sax.
ænanthe_ and _rubetra_., not many. _Mot. flava_, tolerable; _alba_,
still some. _Al. arvensis_, a small flight; _alpestris_, few.
_Fringillæ_, scattered. _Up. epops_, _I. torquilla_, some. _Crex
pratensis_, several. _Scol. gallinula_, some. _Char. auratus_, fine old
birds. _Morinellus_, some.