74 STUDIES IN BIRD-MIGRATION 



Blackcaps (two females and a male) are all that were 

 seen. 



4M Jtme. — Westerly light breeze ; rain. 

 A Wryneck was observed on the face of the cliffs 

 at the South Harbour, and a male Red-backed Shrike 

 was also seen. 



^tk Jtme. — Northerly breeze ; clear. 

 A female Blackbird and four Black-headed Gulls 

 were all the visitors seen to-day. A Common Sand- 

 piper and several Purple Sandpipers left about this date. 

 6tk June.- — North-east breeze ; clear. 

 The birds seen to-day were : Tree-Pipit, one ; 

 Common Whitethroat, one ; Redstarts, two females ; 

 Corn- Bunting, one ; Cuckoo, one. Several Swallows 

 and House-Martins are still on the Isle, 

 "jt/i Jtme. — The last Snow- Bunting seen. 

 ^th Jtme.- — East, light wind; clear. 

 Lesser Whitethroats, four ; Garden-Warbler, one ; 

 Chaffinches, two females; Tree- Pipit, one ; Whimbrels, 

 twenty-four ; Common Sandpiper, one ; Blackcaps, male 

 and female ; House-Martins, several ; and three Chimney 

 Swallows. Some of the birds mentioned are fresh 

 arrivals. 



gt/i Jtme. — South, light wind ; clear. 

 Common Gulls, two ; Black-headed Gulls, two ; and 

 a Dunlin, are all that were seen. 



\oth June. — South, light wind ; clear. 

 A Garden-Warbler and a Sedge- Warbler came under 

 notice. The Swallows and House-Martins are still 

 here. 



nth Jtme. — South-west breeze; clear. 

 A Sanderling seen. The Common and Black-headed 

 Gulls still here. 



