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SUMMER BIRDS OF PASSAGE. 



SUMMER BIRDS OF PASSAGE. 



The following list of migratory birds noticed by me in this neigh- 

 bourhood is sent for publication, in the hope that it may induce other 

 observers to communicate similar lists. My observations have extended 

 over the last eight years. The dates given are the earliest and latest the 

 birds have been seen by me during that time : — 



Appears. Last seen. 



Chiffchaff (PhyUopneusta loquax) . . . . March 18 . . September 21 



Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla Rayi) . . . . March 28 . . September 23 



Wryneck (Yiuix torquilla) .. .. .. March 20 .. June 



Sand Martin (Hirundo riparia) .. .. March 30 .. November 22 



Tree Pipit (Anthns arboreus) 

 Martin (Hirundo vrbica) 

 Willow Wren (PhyUopneusta trochilus) 

 Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra) 



Cucko > (Cucuhis canorus) 

 Wood Wren (PhyUopneusta sibilatrix) 

 Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 

 Wheatear (Saxicola cenanthe) 

 Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) 

 Whitethroat (Sylvia cinere /) 

 Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia garrula) 



March 18 



March 28 



March 20 



March 30 



April 3 



April 



April 



April 



April 



April 



April 



April 



April 



April 



April 



Grasshopper Warbler (Salicaria locustella) April 



October 19 

 September 15 

 December 28 

 August 30 

 September 6 

 November 24 

 October 20 



September 6 



November 4 

 September 6 

 September 2 

 September 25 

 July 21 



September 6 



have noticed a few 



Landrail (Crex pratensis) .. .. .. April 



Redstart (Sylvia phcenicurus) .. .. April 



Sedge Warbler (Salicaria phragmitis) . . May 



Swift (Cypselus murarius) . . . . . . May 



Common Flycatcher (Muscicapa grisola) May 



Turtle Dove (Columba Turtur) . . . . May 



In addition to the birds mentioned above, I 

 specimens of the Nightingale, (Philomela luscinia,) Eeed Warbler, (Sali- 

 caria arundinacea,) Stonechat, (Saxicola rubicola,) Red-backed Shrike, or 

 Butcher Bird, (Lanius collurio,) Goat Sucker or Fern Owl, (Caprimulgus 

 europccus) and the Common Sandpiper, (Tringoides hypoleucos,) but I think 

 these birds had arrived some weeks before the time when I observed 

 them. 



John Hazard, Nottingham. 



METEOROLOGY OF THE MIDLANDS. 



THE WEATHER OF MARCH, 1880. 



BY W. JEROME HARRISON, F.G.S. 



At the commencement of the month we had three or four rainy 

 days, with south-westerly gales, and a low barometer. The wind then 

 shifted to the north-east, and, with the exception of a slight fall on the 

 9th, there was no more rain until the last day of the month, (31st.) 

 This long period of dry weather was accompanied by much sunshine, 

 the fogs which prevailed in the early morning being soon dissipated, 



