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ir- the Southern and Eastern Counties, and regularly (28th 

 of each month) sf^nl in their notes — on this the ultimate 

 success and permanent interest of tJie Calendar will de- 

 pend. — Ki). 



January 27: On this exceptionally early date for this 

 species, a Chiff-chafT was caught in Ireland. It came into my 

 hands, was well nourished, but has since died. 



A.S., Feb. 13th, 1913. 

 Owing- to the mild weather there has been very little 

 movement of birds during the last two months. Any notes 

 I have taken, suca a.i large flocks of Knots moving south, 

 have been counterbalanced within a few days by similar move- 

 ments in the opposite direction, which can only be attributed 

 to a change in the direction of the wind, and consequently were 

 local movements. 



Severe weather causes the birds to make longer flights, 

 and recently when visiting a Plover -catcher, who has had 

 very nian\ years' experience, he informed me that in a season 

 like the present he could make a precarious living only, 

 wherea- in short sharp periods the Plover moved south when 

 the frost set in and always the daj^ berore the break they com- 

 mence to move north again, and a week of severe weather 

 followed by a mild one was good for the catcher, but, bad 

 fur the bird-'y; there will, however, be some real movements 

 during March and April, and I sincerely hope many of our 

 members will keep a look-out and report their observations. 



K.S. 2 7/2/' 13. 

 February. — Besi:le3 many Curlew, Dunlin, and Wigeon, 

 I have ide.iliiled a couple of White Stork on the mud- flats. 

 The Percaers are mostly in hiding from our miserable weather. 

 Single specimens of the Chiffchaft', Corn Bunting and Bull- 

 fincli, have been seen, and i)airs as follows : Song Thrush 10th ; 

 Blackbird 13tli; Blackcap 4th; Blue Tit 3rd; Wren 10th; 

 Linne! 13th; .Jay 28th; Magpie Uth. Small parties of Marsh 

 Tits 2nd; and of Goldfinches 27th. Skylarks and Hedge 

 Accentors were in full .^ong on 10th; Thrushes and Blackbirds 

 warbling on 12th. Rooks and Thrushes are now building. 

 The Black-headed Gull lias begun to change his plumage. 

 The migrants so far are represented Ly a solitary Lesser 

 Whitethroat, D.L. (Salcombe;. 28;2/'13. 



