evening, E. and E. by N.; fog and rain all night.--Early, at 5 o'clock,
many _T. musicus_; at 8 o'clock everything gone. _Hir. urbica_,
_riparia_, _cypselus_, some of each, the first ones. _Trochilus_,
_rubecula_, _cinerea_, _flava_, _rubetra_--_M. luctuosa_, _Fringilla_,
all very single in course of day; no _suecica_.
28th, N.N.W., slight, fog, above sunny.--Nothing. _Caprimulgus_, one,
the first. _Hortulana_, some.
29th, E., slight, early at 5 o'clock fog, later clear.--Almost nothing.
Seasonable birds scattered.
30th, E. by N. and E., fresh, thick, overcast, cold.--Very little.
_Torquatus_ and _musicus_, some. _Pilaris_, several great flights. _Sy.
curruca_, several; other _Sylviæ_, few. _Suecica_, still not yet. _Mot.
flava_, tolerable. _Lugubris_, one. _M. luctuosa_, some _Anth. arborea_
and _Emb. hortulana_, of each about twenty to thirty. _Fringilla
montana_, scattered since middle of month.
=May.=
1st, S.E., very fresh, cloudy, hasty loose clouds, cold; noon, clear,
warm; in evening, fine, damp.--Early, almost nothing. Noon and later,
strong migration. _F. tinnunculus_ and _æsalon_, female. _Turdus_, few.
_Sy. curruca_ and _cinerea_, many. _Trochilus_, few. _Phœnicurus_, fine
old male. _Suecica_, none at all. _M. luctuosa_, pretty many, fine old
males. _Sax. ænanthe_, female; and _rubetra_, many. _Mot. flava_, in
afternoon extremely many. _Anth. arborea_ and _Emb. hortulana_, many.
_Fringilla_, stray birds. _Tot. ochropus_ and _glareola_, several.
_Glottis_, one. No Swallows.
2d, S.E., light, warm, thick fine rain; in evening, E, fresh,
cooler.--_F. æsalon_, _tinnunculus_, and _nisus_, _Buteo_, and
_haliaëtos_; _Strix brachyotus_, pretty many. _Lan. collurio_,
some [male]. _T. torquatus_, extremely many. _Musicus_, also many.
_Pilaris_, very great flights. _Sy. cinerea_, _curruca_, _atricapilla_,
_phœnicurus_, [male], all pretty many. _Trochilus_, only few.
_Sibilatrix_, one. _Suecica_, some males. _M. luctuosa_. _Sax. ænanthe_
and _rubetra_, many. _Mot. flava_, many. _Anth. arborea_, extremely
many; _pratensis_, fewer. _Campestris_, one. _Emb. hortulana_,
extremely many. _Schœniclus_, some. _Fringilla_, but few. _Scol.
gallinago_, few. _Gallinula_, many. _Char. morinellus_, several.
_Auratus_, just ten. _Tot. glottis_, _glareola_, and _ochropus_, great
contingent. _Tr. pugnax_, several. _Cic, alba_, one.
3d, E., violent, rain, cold.--_F. æsalon_ and _tinnunculus_, many.
_Peregrinus_, one. _Haliaëtos_, one. _Strix brachyotus_, some. _Turd,
torquatus_ and _musicus_, tolerable. _Sylviæ_, few. _Anthus_, few.
Campestris, one. _Emb. hortulana_ and _Alauda alpestris_, some.
_Totanus_, _Charadrius_, _Numenius_, singly. Altogether slight
migration, too cold and too windy.
4th, S.E., E., middling, dull, overcast; P.M., sun visible.--_F.
peregrinus_ and _subbuteo_, males; _æsalon_ and _tinnunculus_, few.
_Haliaëtos_, one. _T. torquatus_, early, very many. _Musicus_, fewer.
_Sy. rubecula_, _curruca_, _cinerea_, _atricapilla_, _trochilus_,
all, not many. _Suecica_, some males. _Mot. flava_ and _Anthus_, few.
_Hirundo_ and _I. torquilla_, some. _Sterna cantiaca_, high overhead,
with plenty noise, chasing by couples.
5th, N.W., fresh, thick, cold, in night, N., fog; noon, sunny;
in evening, W., clear.--_F. peregrinus_, _subbuteo_, _æsalon_,
_tinnunculus_, the latter few. _T. torquatus_ and _musicus_, few.
_Pilaris_, more. _Sylviæ_, altogether few. _Rubecula_, still
many during the season. _Curruca_, _cinerea_, _atricapilla_, and
_trochilus_, few. _Nisoria_, some fine males. _Phœnicurus_, still
pretty many. _M. luctuosa_. many old males. _Sax. ænanthe_, still
many. _Rubetra_, very many. _Mot. flava_, pretty many. _Anth. arborea_
and many. _Al. alpestris_, a flight of fifty and one of seven. _Emb.
hortulana_, many. _Fringilla_, few. _Coccothraustes_, one, female. _I.
torquilla_, some. _Cuc. canorus_, a fine male. _Char. morinellus_ and
_auratus_, some. Sy. philomela, one caught at lighthouse, the first
since about fifty years.
6th, W., fresh, cirri, and low light clouds, W., sunny.--_F. æsalon_,
_tinnunculus_, and _nisus_, the latter few. _C. cornix_ and _monedula_,
a flight. _Sylviæ_, _Anthus_, _Motacilla_, all but singly. _Al.
alpestris_, a flight of twenty. _Fringillæ_, scattered.
7th, early, and forenoon calm, sunny; P.M., thick, suddenly fresh, N.W.
rain.--Very slight migration of season suiting species. _Mot. flava_
and _Anth. pratensis_, pretty many; both species very often turn up
with much wind, especially in autumn. _Al. alpestris_, still in flights
of ten to fifteen.
8th, N.W., fresh, cold, early hail.--Nothing. _Num. phæopus_, the first
ones.
9th, S.W., moderate, early rain, hail, thunder, later on
clear.--Nothing.
10th, W., windy; in evening, very violent, thunder, lightning, very
cold.--Nothing.
11th, N.W. and N.N.W., stormy, early rain and hail squalls.--Nothing.
12th, N.W. and N.N.W., somewhat less wind, hail showers in great
intervals.--Nothing.
13th, N.N.W., clouds from N., better, but yet cold.--Nothing. Stray
_torquatus_ and _musicus_; some _Sylviæ_. _Mot. flava_, a couple of
hundred. _A. pratensis_, pretty many.
14th, N. light, warmer, clear.--_F. tinnunculus_ and _nisus_, a few.
_T. torquatus_ and _musicus_, very single. _Sy. phœnicurus_ and
_trochilus_, very singly. _Nisoria_, one. _Mus. luctuosa_, some. _Mot.
flava_ and _Anth. pratensis_, pretty many. _Al. alpestris_, ten to
twenty. _Hir. rustica_, some. _Urbica_, few.
15th, N., light, early light rain showers, cold.--Nothing at all.
16th, S.S.W., fresh, clear; P.M., a rain shower with hail; evening,
clear, light.--A few little Falcons. Early some _torquatus_ and
_musicus_. _Sy. phœnicurus_, half of them female. _Suecica_ and
_curruca_, some. _Cinerea_, many. _Trochilus_, pretty many.
_Phragmitis_, several. _Mus. luctuosa_, pretty many, half female.
_Sax. rubetra_, ditto. _Mot. flava_, many. _Anth. arborea_, and _Emb.
hortulana_, fewer. _Hir. rustica_ and _urbica_. _Ch. morinellus_, some.
Starlings commenced building nest in hatch-box early to-day.
17th, W., fresh, cloudy; P.M., S.W.--Little migration. _Sy.
phœnicurus_, _trochilus_, and _cinerea_, as _Mus. luctuosa_ and _Sax.
rubetra_, some. Swallows, but few.
18th, S.W., slight, light cloudy, fine in evening, easterly light,
warmer.--Very little migration early. _Turdus_, very single.
_Sy. suecica_, a couple. _Phœnicurus_, _trochilus_, _cinerea_,
_atricapilla_, tolerable. _Hortensis_ appears. _Mot. flava_, many.
_Melanocephala_, some. _Sax. ænanthe_, tolerable. _Rubetra_, many.
_Char. squatarola_, a very fine male. _Morinellus_, a few.
_F. tinnunculus_ and nisus, a few shabby females. _Subbuteo_, a fine
male.
19th, S.S.W., slight, light cloudy.--All the above, but altogether only
slight migration.
20th, S.S.W., light, light clouds; P.M. and evening, S.S.E. to S.E.
fresh, cool.--In trifling numbers. _T. musicus_ and _torquatus_, _Sy.
trochilus_, _phœnicurus_, _cinerea_, _hortensis_, _atricapilla_, and
_phragmitis_. _Sax. ænanthe_ and _rubetra_. _Mot. flava_, and some
_melanocephala_; _Anth. pratensis_, and few _arborea_. _Hir. riparia_,
some. _Col. turtur_, two to three. _Char. squatarola_, three. _Tot.
glottis_, one.
21st, S.E., violent, overcast; A.M., stiller, S. rain; in evening,
light.--_T. torquatus_, few. _Sy. cinerea_, _hortensis_, and
_atricapilla_, tolerable. _Nisoria_, two to three. _Mus. luctuosa_,
few males, the most females. _Grisola_, one in the garden. _Sax.
ænanthe_, yet pretty many. Rubetra, many. _Mot. flava_, many females.
_Melanocephala_, some. _Anth. arborea_ and _Emb. hortulana_, few.
_Cypselus apus_, pretty many, passing on overhead. _Riparia_, pretty
many. _Char. morinellus_, ten to fifteen. _Tot. glottis_ and smaller
_Totani_, pretty many.
22d, S.E. and S. fresh, sunny, fine; in evening, violent, rain.--All
the above, but not numerous. Some _Sy. suecica_ and _Sy. hypolais_.
23d, S.W., very violent, rain; P.M., clear, lighter; in evening
cool.--The above, but very singly. _Lan. collurio_, five to six, one
female. _Char. morinellus_, a few females. The females of the latter
known as being finest black, white, and rust-red coloured.
24th, westerly, slight, early thunderstorm, rain.--Almost nothing.
Thunderstorm, as fog and hoar-frost, put a stop on almost all migration.
25th, W. and N.W., light, rain, during day fine, but thunderstorm
clouds.--Everything, but quite scattered. A few _Sylviæ_, etc. _Col.
turtur_, a couple.
26th, southerly, still; in night, rain, early clear; P.M., violent,
highest cirri, and lower light clouds from N.W.; in evening, cloudy
from S.W.--Early, much singing of Warblers, _trochilus_, _curruca_,
_cinerea_, etc., in the gardens. In course of the day, but only
scattered. _Sylviæ_ and _Mus. luctuosa_, and a couple of _grisola_.
During the night at about 2 and later, temporary fog.
27th, light, W. and S.W., cirri N.W.; early light fog, later thick;
evening, clear.--_Curruca_, Redstarts, and Warblers as Chats, all
tolerable, but not many; also _Mus. luctuosa_, young male and female.
_Mot. flava_, _Anth. arborea_, and _Emb. hortulana_, pretty many. _Col.
turtur_ and _Crex pratensis_, some.
28th, southerly, light, fine, clear, highest little clouds, and cirri
from W. and W. by N., warm; P.M. and in evening S.S.E., clouds from
W.--Early, very many _curruca_, _cinerea_, _hortensis_. _atricapilla_,
and _trochilus_ singing by hundreds in the gardens. Later on _Lanius
major_, one male. _Mus. grisola_, many. _Luctuosa_, the same, the
latter mostly females. _Mot. flava_, few females. _Anth. arborea_,
many. _Emb. hortulana_, but single. _Cypselus_, pretty many. _Hir.
rustica_ and _urbica_, the same. _Caprimulgus_, a couple. _Col.
turtur_, strikingly many, ten to fifteen being shot.
29th, S.S.E. and S., light, clouds from W.; noon, wind suddenly
N.W., violent, clear, thunderstorm clouds from S. by W.--All those
as yesterday, but much fewer. _Falco subbuteo_, male. _Tinnunculus_,
female. 31. _grisola_, many. _Luctuosa_, fewer, most female. Hir.
rustica, urbica, and riparia, as _Cypselus_, pretty many. _Cuc.
canorus_, one. _Col. turtur_, very many; these latter do not mind
violent wind.
30th, S.W. fresh, clear, cirri W. and W. by N.--Early, nothing at all.
The whole day nothing.
31st, S.W., violent, thick low speedy rain clouds; in evening, N.W.,
cold.--Of course not a single bird.
=June.=
1st and 2d, N.W., fresh, very cold.--Nothing.
3d and 4th, S.S.W., lighter; in evening, 4° calm, very warm,
clear.--Few. _Sy. hypolais_, one. _Mus. grisola_, pretty many. _Col.
turtur_, very many, up to forty.
5th, S.S.W., light, clear, hot, every day outermost cirri, N.W., 26°
C.--Seen, a great Grey Shrike, uniform coloured ash grey, band through
eye scarcely marked. _Mus. grisola_, _Hir. rustica_ and _riparia_,
scattered. _Col. turtur_, many. _Pyrrhula rosea?_ yellowish-green,
white band on wings, larger than _P. erythrinus_, not obtained.
6th, S.S.W., clear, fine; P.M., N. and N. by E., overcast; in evening,
cool.--_Mus. grisola_, singly; _Hirundo_, some. _Col. turtur_, several.
7th, E. by N. slight, early overcast; P.M., thunderstorm, rain, W.; in
night fog.--Nothing. _Sy. cinerea_ and _Mus. grisola_, quite few.
8th, fog, calm.--Nothing.
9th and 10th, N.W., violent, cold.--Nothing.
11th, N., less wind, a little warmer.--Nothing.
12th, W. slight, overcast; later on, clear from north. Cirri from N.
and N. by E.--_Hir. rustica_, some. _Ch. auratus_, one in fine summer
plumage.
13th, early, quite calm, clear, later S.W. and S.S.W., warm, fine; in
evening, N.W. slight.--_Mus. grisola_, some. _Hir. rustica_, _urbica_,
and _Cypselus_, ditto. _Caprimulgus_, one. _Col. turtur_, some.
14th, E., light, clear, warm, clouds from N.E.; in evening,
fresh.--_Lan. minor_, two, very rare appearance here. _Hir. urbica_,
some. _Cypselus_, many hundreds.
15th, E. by N., slight, clear, warm; P.M., N.E., fresh.--Early, many
_Cypselus_, almost nothing besides. _Mus. grisola_. _Sax. rubetra_, and
_Fr. montifringilla_, very single.
16th, N., fresh, clear, very cold, high clouds from W., low loose ditto
from East.--Nothing.
17th, E.N.E., fresh; cirri from S.W.; low loose clouds from N.E., cold;
about dusk, thick with rain from S.W., but wind E. by N.--Nothing.
18th, E. by N., slight; in evening N., windy, cold, clouds moving from
N.W.--Nothing.
19th, N.W. to S.W., overcast, cool; P.M., thick with rain.--Nothing.
20th, 21st, and 22d, N.W., windy, cold.--_F. linaria_, one. _Hir.
urbica_, four to five.
24th and 25th, S.E., clear, hot.--During the last days _Num. phæopus_
returning.
26th, N., early cold.--Also _Hir. urbica_ and _Cypselus_ overhead, but
27th, N. by W., warmer.--Can scarcely be birds that have done hatching.
Young Starlings in hatch-box flew out on 26th.
28th, S.E., slight, cloudy; in evening, E.--_Fr. rufescens_, one young
male, very faded, a slight rosy hue.
29th, E.S.E., clear, hot.--_Hirundo_ and _Cypselus_, many. _phæopus_,
returning.
=July.=
1st and 2d, E. by N., and N.E. and N., clear, fine, wind very cool,
cirri from S.--_Hir. rustica_, several.
Until 6th, northerly to E.N.E., clear, during day hot, great
dryness.--_Cypselus_, daily, pretty many, returning ones (?).
_Numenius_ and _Char. hiaticula_, returning.
Until 9th, N.E. and E.N.E., clear, dry.--_Sturnus_, young birds, daily
flights of twenty to fifty.
10th, easterly, clear, hot, dry.--_Sax. ænanthe_, one young, quite
motley bird. _Sax. rubetra_, ten to twenty young birds. _Numenius_,
_Char. hiaticula_, _Tot. glottis_, young birds.
11th, southerly, clear, hot, dry; in evening, thunderstorm clouds,
slight fine rain.--_Sturnus_, flights of twenty to fifty young birds.
12th, N., clouds from S.W., cold, dry.--Nothing.
13th, E.N.E., clouds from S.W., cirri W., cool.--Nothing.
14th, E.N.E., clear, hot; in evening, cool, clouds and cirri from
S.W.--_Sy. trochilus_ and _titys_, some young birds. _Sax. ænanthe_,
some young birds. _Vanellus_, _Numenius_, _Tot. calidris_, _glottis_,
_Ch. hiaticula_, numerous, all young birds.
Up to 20th, westerly, changeable, very trifling rain.--Nothing.
21st, N., fresh.--_Vanellus_, young ones, hundreds.
Until end of the month, northerly winds, almost always violent and
cold, with low loose hasty clouds. Migration trifling, almost only
Longshanks. The last week _Tot. hypoleucus_, _Hæ. ostralegus_,
_vanellus_, pretty many. _Sax. ænanthe_, scattered; all the named being
young birds. No _Sylviæ_.
=August.=
1st, N., in evening N.W. and W.N.W., thick, cloudy.--_Sax. ænanthe_,
ten to twenty young. _Vanellus_, _Tot. hypoleucus_, _calidris_, and
_glottis_; _Numenius_, all but stray birds and young ones.
Up to 5th, N.E. and N.; in evening, light, S.E., quite calm, fine
rain.--On the 5th, from 10 o'clock in the evening, very strong
migration of _Tringæ_ and _Totanus_ of all species, as _Ch. hiaticula_
and _Num. phœopus_ during the day. _Sax. ænanthe_ and _Sy. trochilus_,
young ones.
6th, easterly, light, clouds from south; in evening, N.E.--_Trochilus_,
as all the above Longshanks. _Char. auratus_, young ones appear.
7th, W., light, clouds south; night and early morning, heavy rain;
P.M., clear, warm, fine.--_Mus. grisola_, _Sy. trochilus_, and
_phragmitis_, few. _Sax. ænanthe_, young, pretty many; _rubetra_,
fewer. _Upupa_, one. _Cuculus_, some young ones. _Charadrius_,
_Totanus_, _Tringa_, etc., etc.
8th, westerly, light, rain; later on, clear; in evening, slight
E.--Single _ænanthe_, _trochilus_, and _Ch. auratus_, jr.
9th, N.W., windy; P.M., stiller, fine.--Nothing besides few Wheatears.
10th, south, fresh, clear, warm, fine.--Several _trochilus_ and
_phragmitis_; _ænanthe_, not many. Longshanks, pretty many.
11th, 12th, 13th, W.N.W. and N.N.W., stormy, with rain squalls. 14th,
somewhat better--All the time no birds.
Up to 18th, W.N.W. and N.N.W., violent to stormy.--Almost no migration
at all. _Sy. trochilus_ and _Sax. ænanthe_, very few.
19th, N. by E., at intervals still, and rain squalls; in evening,
N.E., clear, cold.--_F. nisus_, jr., several. _Sy. phœnicurus_ and
_trochilus_, several; _cinerea_, many; _hypolais_, several, appears
always, but singly. _Mus. luctuosa_, pretty many, jr. _Sax. ænanthe_
and _rubetra_, many. _Mot. flava_, scattered. _Anth. arboreus_,
several. _Emb. hortulana_, one. _Cuc. canorus_, several young. _Char.
auratus_ and _hiaticula_, _Tr. alpina_ and _minuta_, _Tot. glottis_,
three shot, all young birds.
20th, early, E., fresh; noon, S.E., clouds and cirri the same,
cold.--All the above, but only few. _Cypselus_, jr., several.
21st.--Nothing considerable.
22d, early, E., light; later, westerly to north, slight.--_F.
peregrinus_, _nisus_, jr., several; _milvus_, one. _Mus. grisola_,
many; _luctuosa_, very many; all young birds. _Sy. phœnicurus_,
_cinerea_, and _trochilus_, many; _hortensis_ and _curruca_, fewer;
_hypolais_, some--all young. _Sax. ænanthe_ and _rubetra_, very many.
_Mot. flava_, many. _Anth. arboreus_ and _Emb. hortulana_, pretty
many. _I. torquilla_, very many. _Cuculus_, several. _Alcedo ispida_,
two shot. _Crex porzana_, some. _Ch. auratus_, _morinellus_, and
_hiaticula_, many. _Numenius_, _Totanus_, _Tringa_, and relative
species, all very numerous. All the named, without an exception, young
birds.
Freshly pulled out tail-feathers of _Musc. parva_ been found.
23d, N.E. and E.N.E., fresh.--All those mentioned on previous days
again in great numbers. _Sax. ænanthe_, jr., very particularly numerous.
24th, N., fresh,--_Sax. ænanthe_, jr., again very many; but besides
those, less migration.
25th, N.W., fresh.--Ditto, ditto, ditto.
26th, N.N.W., light, overcast, cool; noon, warmer; in evening, calm,
E. (?).--The above, but only scattered during the early hours. At
noon, pretty many _Sylviæ_, _Anth. arboreus_, and _Emb. hortulana_.
_Caprimulgus_, some. _Picus major_, a couple. _F. haliaëtos_, two been
shot. All young birds.
27th, early, calm, then light E.N.E.; in evening, cold.--_Turd.
musicus_, scattered. _Al. arvensis_, some. _Mus. grisola_ and
_luctuosa_, pretty many. _Sylviæ_, less. _Saxicola_, pretty many.
_Anth. arboreus_ and _Emb. hortulana_, some. All young.
28th, S.E. by E., fresh, clouds from N.W.--_Sylviæ_ and _musicapa_,
but very scattered. _Saxicola_, pretty many. _Anth. arborea_ and _Emb.
hortulana_, singly. _Ch. auratus_, few.
29th, S.E. and E., light, clear, warm.--_Mus. grisola_, pretty many;
_luctuosa_, fewer. _Sylviæ_, few. _Saxicola_, pretty many. _Mot.
flava_, some. _Par. cæruleus_, some. _Ard. cinerea_, a couple. _Char.
auratus_, _hiaticula_, _Tringæ_, _Tot. glottis_ and _calidris_;
_Tringæ_, daily more or less. _Num. phœopus_ passing. _F. nisus_, daily
some.
30th, early, E.N.E., clear, fine, thick clouds northerly; noon, N.,
clear, cold.--Very slight migration of _Sylviæ_, _Mus. grisola_,
_Saxicola_, and _Emb. hortulana_. Early a few flights of _Num. arquata_
passing.
31st, N.W. and W., fresh, cloudy, cold; in evening, rain.--Almost
nothing at all.
_Note._--Until end of the month all the mentioned species, almost
without an exception, young autumnal birds.
=September.=
1st, N. by W., fresh, cool.--Very little migration. _Sax. ænanthe_,
jr., pretty many. _M. grisola_, many in the gardens; _luctuosa_, few.
_Sylviæ_, single. _E. hortulana_, scattered. _Anth. pratensis_, some,
the first.
2nd, westerly, light, clear, warm, in evening, east.--_Mus. grisola_
and _luctuosa_, many in the garden. _Sy. phœnicurus_, and _trochilus_,
pretty many. _Sy. suecica_, some, the first. _Sax. ænanthe_ and
_rubetra_, many, young. _Anth. arboreus_, few. _Emb. hortulana_, pretty
many. _Hir. rustica_, _urbica_, and _riparia_, tolerable.
3d, S.E. and S.S.E., violent, clouds from W.; in evening, rain,
light.--The above, but fewer than previous day. _F. nisus_, some.
_Char. auratus_, several.
4th, S.S.W., light, early, dull, then fog; in evening, E.N.E., rain
torrents, violent N.E.--_Pyrrhula erythrinus_, one young bird. _Anth.
campestris_, one. _Sy. suecica_, _phœnicurus_, and _trochilus_, _Mus.
grisola_ and _luctuosa_, _Sax. ænanthe_ and _rubetra_--of all but few.
_Emb. hortulana_, single. _Mot. flava_, a flight of at least 100. _M.
alba_.
5th, S.W. and W., rain squalls, windy; in evening and night,
lightning.--Nothing.
6th, S.W., fresh, clouds westerly; in evening, clear, light.--Nothing.
7th, light, clear, S.S.W., high clouds west, lower clouds south; P.M.,
S.E.; in evening, rain.--Very few _Sylviæ_. Wheatears and Chats, as _M.
flava_; also some _suecica_; and about evening, some _F. nisus_.
At Cuxhaven and Bremen, fog.
8th, S.E. and S., light; early, rain; noon, clear, S.S.W.--_F. nisus_,
jr., some. _Mus. luctuosa_, many. _Sy. phœnicurus_, _suecica_,
_hortensis_, and _trochilus_, many. _Sax. ænanthe_ and _rubetra_,
pretty many. _Mot. flava_, very many; _alba_, some. _Anth. arboreus_,
tolerable; _Richardi_, one. _Emb. hortulana_, many, all young. _I.
torquilla_, some. _Up. epops_, one; appears scarcely ever in autumn
here. _Hir. rustica_ and _urbica_, as _Cypselus_, many. _Picus major_,
one.
9th, S.W., windy, rain, low clouds, W. high clouds; in evening, N.W.,
violent squalls.--_Mus. luctuosa_, _Sy. phœnicurus_ and _trochilus_,
pretty many, in spite of the south-west wind and rain. In night,
stormy--thunder, lightning, rain, and hail.
10th, W. by N. and N.W., stormy, rain squalls; in evening,
light.--_Luctuosa_, _phœnicurus_, _trochilus_, pretty many in garden,
under shelter of shrubs.
11th, S., lighter, overcast; noon, S.E.; P.M., rain.--The above, but
not many. _Sy. suecica_, pretty many. _Emb. hortulana_, the first old
birds. _I. torquilla_; _Hir. rustica_, _urbica_, and _Cypselus_; _Mot.
flava_; _Scol. gallinula_.
12th, early, N. by E., fine, clouds N.W.; noon, wind W., clear; in
evening, S.W., violent, rain; midnight, storm, No. 9.--The above, but
few. _Char. auratus_ and _Tot. calidris_, some.
13th, W., stormy, clear.--Nothing.
14th, W., moderate, clouds S.W., cirri N.W.--_Hum. arquata_, almost
nothing besides; _Anth. rupestris_, the first.
15th, S.W., rain; noon, sunny; in evening, lightning, with clear
sky.--Forenoon, nothing. Afternoon, _Sax. ænanthe_ and _Sy. trochilus_,
single.
16th, S.W., fresh; early, rain; noon, sun visible.--Nothing during day.
In evening, from 10 o'clock, migration of _Charadrius_, _Numenius_,
and _Tot. calidris_; also many _Saxicola_, two score being caught at
lighthouse.
17th, early, calm, clouds, S.W., thick rain; 8.30, easterly;
11 o'clock, thunderstorm, with torrents of rain; P.M., E.N.E.,
violent.--_Sylviæ_, but many scattered. _M. luctuosa_, tolerable. _M.
flava_, many. _Emb. hortulana_, very many. _Sy. rubecula_, some. _Al.
arvensis_, some. The first old Starlings and first old Wheatears. _Crex
pratensis_, _Char. auratus_ and _vanellus_, several.
18th, E. by N., moderate, overcast; in evening, N., fine, cold.--During
the past night, much migration. All Longshanks suiting the season
numerous. _Turdus torquatus_, _Sy. phœnicurus_, _Mus. luctuosa_, and
_Sax. ænanthe_, many at lighthouse. Early, very many. _Char. auratus_
and _Col. palumbus_. _Turd. torquatus_, many; _musicus_, fewer. _Sy.
phœnicurus_, _suecica_, _cinerea_, _trochilus_, _rubecula_; very many.
_Mus. luctuosa_, ditto. _Anth. rupestris_, very many; _pratensis_,
fewer. _Emb. hortulana_, very many. _Crex pratensis_; _Scol, major_,
_gallinago_, and _gallinula_, both the latter numerous; the first
appears here always, but very single. _F. æsalon_ and _nisus_, some
young. Altogether, very strong migration.