NEIGHBOURHOOD OF VIENNA. 609 
I: 
FEBRUARY 1884. 
A Frew notes collected in the neighbourhood of Vienna 
during the winter may not perhaps be wholly uninteresting 
to some of my readers. 
I must begin by saying that the unusually mild weather 
which lasted throughout the winter of 1883-84 had a great 
influence on the movements of the birds. The Rough-legged 
Buzzard, for example, which generally only visits this part 
of the country on its migrations in November, the end of 
February, and the beginning of March, remained here this 
year in large numbers. I also saw Harriers, especially old 
males, all through the winter. The more northern visitors, 
however, appeared in but small strength, for I found very 
few Long-tailed Ducks (Harelda glacialis) on the Danube, 
where they usually swarm, and they have now quite dis- 
appeared. The Goosanders, too, were not numerous, while 
the other ducks, which generally come to the river in 
myriads when the smaller streams are quite frozen, only 
showed themselves in any numbers during the few colder 
days. The Grey Herons, on the other hand, most of which 
generally wander southwards, all remained; and the Jack- 
daws did the same, for one never failed to see them at their 
habitual summer resorts. I also frequently observed a pair 
of Grey Wagtails (Motacilla sulphurea) in a garden in the 
middle of Vienna, and at sunset these mountain birds might 
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