British Bird Calendar. 157 



NOTES FROM N. UIST IJCiHTIIorSE. 



Jaiiuiiry >^ — ft FuIiiKirs (il;iily visitors). 



1()-Starliiit;s. Flock of Snow Rmitiiigs. 



11 — Common Twite in flouks ; mornini,' and eveniiii,' ; daily 



visitors. A few Eider l>nck roniid the rock. 

 21 — Several Puffins seen on the watci-, unusnally early. 

 22 — About 2r) Snow Runtinsjs seen. 

 2;J-Glaucous Oull and Flock of lilack (hiillemots. 

 24— Several Common (Tuillcmots on the watei'. 

 February H — Guillemots and Razorbills. 



AT SHORE STATIOX. 

 5— Flock of Snow Buntings. 

 „ 6 - 5 Ravens (.") carrying nesting stuff). 



15_Northern Diver on Loch of Cliff. 



OX ROCK. 

 !()— Kittiwakes, several on water. 



20 Peregrine Falcon, hovering above Lighthouse Dome. 

 2S —Oyster-Catcher (first of sea.son). 

 March 20— Kittiwake on cliffs. 

 22— One Skylark 

 24—2 Glaucous Gulls 

 „ 28 — Lapwing seen. 



28 — Four Arctic Tern 

 „ 30 — One Kestrel, inside Courtyard. 

 „ 30— Manx Shearwater, caught at Lantern. 



Per D. E. P., April 14th, 1913. 

 28— Saw the Ring-Ouzel at Seagrave iNIarsh (near Luton). 

 31 — Saw the Chiff-chaff in Luton ; I had heard it several times 

 for more than a fortnight. 

 April 6 — Starlings nesting. 

 20— Heard the Cuckoo. 

 ,, 22- Saw Swallow flying overhead. 



24— Hear f lom reliable source that Martins are in the neighbourhood. 



H. ]\I. (Luton, Beds.) 

 7 —Wryneck at Danbury. 

 22 — Wryneck at Hazeleigh. 

 16— Cuckoo at Danbury. 

 20— Cuckoo at Hazeleigh. 

 19— Swallow at Latchingdon, about noon. 

 19— First Swallow at Hazeleigh, 4 p.m. 



20— Nightingale in Hazeleigh Wood, 9-30 p.m ; still and warm, 

 wind in South ; not heard again till 3 p.m. on 24th. 



22— Tree Pipit, several seen, and heard singing at Hazeleigh at 5 

 p.m., temperature 50, wind E. 



24— Chiff-chaff abundant at 3 p.m. in Hazeleigh Wood which con- 

 tains about 100 acres, and consists chiefly of oak an<l horn- 

 beam. 



27— Blackcap, singing vigorously in a hedge at Hazeleigh ; tem- 

 perature 55 deg. F. ; strong S. wind. 



G. H. R., Hazeleigh, April 28, 1913 



