184 Mr. J. Cordeaux on the Heligoland 



Pastor roseus (Linnaeus). 

 July 7i\i, 1870. 



Picus viRiDis, Linnaeus. 

 Has occurred once. 



Picus MAJOR, Linnaeus. 



A few every year in the autumn and spring. 



Upupa epops, Linnaeus. 



Every year from ten to twenty specimens, fi'om end of April 

 to middle of May. On warm days during that period. 



Alcedo ispida, Linnaeus. 

 Very seldom ; no fixed time. 



HiRUNDO rufula, Tcmminck. 



May 31st, 1855. One occuiTence, a most perfect example. 



Cypselus melba (Linn.). 



Two have been seen in Heligoland, one of which is in Mr. 

 Gatke's collection. 



CoLUMBA PALUMBUS, Liuuaeus. 



Is common during both periods of migration, flights more 

 numerous in the autumn than in the spring, from five to ten 

 or twenty in a flock. Time of migration from the end of 

 March to the end of May, and from the latter part of Sep- 

 tember to the end of October. 



Turtur auritus. Gray. 



Syrrhaptes paradoxus (Pallas). 



Nov. 15th, 1863, two flocks, numbering seven and nine; 

 Oct. 30th, 1863, one bird. 



Charadrius virginicus, Borckhausen. 

 Captured Dec. 20th, 1847. 



Charadrius longipes, Temminck. 



Three occurrences, all in the summer : — June 25th, 1857, 

 a male; June 18th, 1860, a female; July 11th, 1867, a very 

 fine male in perfect summer plumage. 



Eudromias morinellus (Linnaeus). 



Ten to fifteen years ago was comparatively common in May, 



