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cineraceus); on April 10th several, as well as some Marsh- 
Harriers (C. w@ruginosus). 
Up to the 14th of March the Black Kite (Aflwus ater) had 
not been met with at Vienna, but by April 10th they were 
already flying about in pairs. On the 16th of the same 
month both the Black and the Common Kite (J/. regalis) 
were busy finishing their nests, while the Common Buzzard 
(Buteo vulgaris) was already sitting hard. 
On the evening of April 22nd I heard the, first Cuckoo 
(Cuculus canorus) calling in a large forest in the north of 
Bohemia, and after that day their notes resounded everywhere 
with extraordinary frequency. 
On April 24th I saw, in the same district, the first Hoopoe 
(Upupa epops), also a great flock of Common Storks (Ciconia 
alba) upon a meadow at the edge of a wood; and on the 25th 
I heard before sunrise the call of the Quail (Coturnia dactyli- 
sonans) In a wood near Prague. 
Both at Vienna, as well as in the various districts of 
Bohemia, I was much struck with the great abundance of the 
Corn-Bunting (EHmberiza miliaria). The White Wagtail 
(Motacilla alba) I this year saw for the first time at Vienna 
on the 12th of March, and at Prague on the 18th. 
Before concluding these fugitive notes I will add a few 
more observations made during the winter and the beginning 
of spring in a couple of gardens situated in the middle of 
the town of Prague. One of these spots lies on a steep 
slope, and is open towards the Moldau on the south-east, shut 
in on the north by high houses, and in all other directions by 
the buildings lower down at the bottom of the hill. The 
other is surrounded by houses on the south and south-west, 
and open towards the north and the west. There are fields 
near it, but no real wood for far and wide, nothing but a few 
patches of garden-ground with low bushes. 
I here found no confirmation of the idea that in severe 
