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many. . . . Merula very many. Alauda, Ch. vanellus and 

 auratus also very many ; also ducks. 



" March 27th. — S.S.W., violent, overcast, cold ; in evening, 

 ten o'clock, fog. Corv. cornix early, a few great flights. 

 Col. palumbus pretty many ; Vanellus early, pretty many ; Scolo- 

 pax twenty to thirty been shot." 



On the previous day the winds were light ScE., but unac- 

 companied by any remarkable migration, except in the case of 

 Alauda alpestris, which passed in great flights. 



" March 28th. — N.N.W., slight, early overcast ; later clear, 

 fine. Cor. cornix single flights, Sturnus some flights, Merula 

 pretty many. . . . Al. alpestris some flights. Woodcocks — 

 140 to 150 being shot. 



" March 29th. — Northerly, hght, clear, early hoar frost. Mone- 

 dula, frugilegus pretty numerous. . . . Merula early, pretty 

 many ; Mot. alba several small flights ; Ant. pratensis and ru- 

 pestris pretty many ; Scolopax, about twenty shot. 



" March 30th. — E., S.S.E., shght, clear, fine ; early, very sharp 

 hoar frost ; in evening E.N.E., cool. All the above, but in Httle 

 numbers. 



" April Srd. — N.E., fresh, cold, clear. . . . Al. alpestris 

 pretty many. 



"April Uh. — N.E., slight, cool, clear; in evening E. by S., 

 cloudy. . . . Al. alpestris pretty many ; Scolopax, forty to 

 fifty being shot. Then follows a day with S.E. winds. 



"April 5th. — S.E., fresh, thick, cloudy; hasty clouds, low, 

 loose; cold. — Early not a bird; during day feio Starlings, 

 Thrushes, Hedge-sparrows, and Shore Larks." 



Then follow records of the 7th and 8th, with winds chiefly 

 E., but accompanied by only moderate migration. On the fol- 

 lowing day (9th), wind E. by N., slight, weather good, clouds 

 from S.S.E., the numbers of passing birds had materially in- 

 creased. Amongst the arrivals were two Bluethroats. 



" April 10th. — Easterly, light, thick, fine rain ; in evening, W. 

 and W. by N., light. — During the past night, from two o'clock, 

 very many Turdus and Saxicola migrating. During the day 

 extremely many of all the above species passing over the sea {i.e., 

 C. cornix, Monedula, Al. arvensis, alpestris. Mot. alba, An. 



