148 Observations on Periodical Birds. 
Scopoli, in his Annus Primus, says of the 
woodcock, that “‘nupta ad nos venit circa 
gequinoctium vernale. Nidificat in paludibus 
alpinis. Ovaponit3—5. Migrat post eequin- 
octium autumnale. Fugit brumam et acre 
gelu.” and of the fieldfare, that “ migrat 
Novembri mense.’”’ Thus it appears that 
woodcocks breed in the Tyrol, which they 
quit about the latter end -of September; and 
that fieldfares leave the same country in 
November: and it is well known that wood- 
cocks desert the more northern countries of 
Europe at the commencement of winter. 
Here, then, we have positive evidence of the 
migration of the redwing, fieldfare, and 
woodcock, some both of their summer and 
winter haunts being known. That redwings 
and fieldfares migrate, those who are ac- 
quainted with their calls may be easily con- 
vinced; as the faint scream of the former, 
and the chattering note of the latter, may be 
heard frequently repeated through the nights 
of October and November, as their numerous 
flights pass over head; and as this is the time 
at which these birds visit us, and as their 
calls cease to be heard at night soon after this 
period, they must then be on their passage 
from some other country to this, or to countries 
still farther south. This circumstance also 
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