100 STUDIES IN BIRD-MIGRATION 



Rooks, several arrivals. Goldeneye, one. Puffin, 

 one in North Haven. Fieldfares, Redwings, and Song- 

 Thrushes scarcer. 



19///, 20th, 2\st, 22nd, and 2yd November.- — Strong 

 westerly winds, and no birds. 



2\th November. — Westerly strong breeze ; cold. 

 Redbreasts, a few. Fieldfares, three or four. Lap- 

 wing, one. 



2']th November. — South-west breeze ; clear. 

 Tufted Ducks, two in the North Haven. Redstart, 

 one. Slavonian Grebe, one. 



28M November. — South-south-west breeze ; rain. 

 Short-toed Lark in company with Skylarks. Field- 

 fares, party of a dozen. Teal, one. Slavonian Grebe, 

 one again seen. Ducks plentiful. 



\st December. — West, light ; clear. 

 Chaffinches, about a dozen ; and Fieldfares, fourteen 

 as arrivals. Puffin, one. Little Auks, numerous. 

 Fulmars, two. Turnstone, one. 

 2nd December. — West, breezy. 



Puffins, four found washed up. Jack Snipe, one. 

 Merlin, one. 



'y^rd December. — South-east, breezy. 

 Golden Plover, an arrival. Chaffinches and Snipe, 

 a few. Redbreasts, two. Scaup, one. Blackbirds, a few. 

 Merganser, one. Curlews, many new arrivals. Mallards, 

 numerous. Fieldfares, twenty. No Song-Thrushes or 

 Redwings seen. 



4//^ December. — South breeze. 



Fieldfares, about two hundred arrivals since yesterday, 

 probably from Shetland on their way south. Blackbirds, 

 a few more in. Snipe, several Mallards, a dozen. 

 Greenfinches, many. 



