ORNITHOLOGICAL NOTES 
FROM 
JANUARY 1st to APRIL 301u, 1882. 
AurHouGH the Notes that I now publish are but loose leaves, 
not well-arranged matter, and have been collected at various 
times and in various localities, they may perchance contain 
some observations not wholly devoid of interest. 
From the 12th to the 31st of January I saw Sky-Larks 
(Alauda arvensis) almost daily in the neighbourhood of 
Prague. In fine weather they sang as they mounted aloft, 
but when it was cold and stormy they congregated in large 
flocks on the newly-ploughed fields. 
At the end of January I killed in the same district a Jack 
Snipe (Gallinago gallinula) on the bank of a frozen reed~ 
covered pond. It was not a sick bird, but lively and in good 
condition. 
During the past autumn the Rough-legged Buzzard (Buteo 
lagopus) was far less abundant than in former years, but 
remained in the neighbourhood of Prague throughout the 
winter. It commenced its return journey in the beginning 
of March, but in the latter days of that month I still saw 
several in their usual haunts. 
