2 26 CoUES, Gdtke's Heligoland. f Oct. 



1. Haliaeetus albicilla. Irregular winter visitant ; mostly \oung birds ; 

 one adult taken I"eb. 3, 1S75 ; another one seen. 



2. Pandion haliaetus. Regular summer visitant, chiefly April to Sept., 

 but no breeding record. 



3. Buteo buteo. Common at any season, except in June and July. 



4. Archibuteo lagopus. Resident, /. r., may occur at any season — not 

 that any one individual necessarily stays the vear around; common in 

 migration; casual in winter; not a breeder. 



5. Troglodytes parvulus (^AiiortJiura troglodytes^. Resident, except in 

 summer ; no breeding record. 



6. Anthus rupestris {obscurus). Common all the year, except in 

 summer. 



7. Emberiza citrinella. Resident in varying numbers; no breeding 

 record; common in migration. 



8. Plectrophenax nivalis. Chiefly and most properly winter visitant, 

 but some as earlv as Aug. and Sept.; later abundant; 3 specimens in full 

 dress. 



9. Acanthis cannabina. Chiefly migrant, but winters ; common dur- 

 ing most of the year — Aug. to Apr. 



10. Acanthis flavirostris (^inonti/iin). Chiefly migrant, but common 

 Oct. to Apr. 



11. Acanthis linaria. (Mealy Redpoll of the European writers.) Irregu- 

 lar winter visitant, sometimes in innumerable multitudes in the fall ; 

 always rare in spring. 



12. Chloris chloris. Great numbers migrating through winter of 

 1884-5 ; some seen till end of May. 



13. Gallinago gallinago. Common, and only absent in June and July; 

 gi-eat flights sometimes in winter. 



14. Tringa maritima. Mainly and properly winter visitant; some in 

 Aug., Sept., and in spring. 



15. Calidris arenaria. Mainly winter visitant ; common from end of 

 July ; only stragglers in May. 



16. Cygnus musicus. Flights of 10, 20 or more migrating every 

 winter. 



17. Bernicla brenta. Flights every winter, like those of the Swans. 

 iS. Mareca penelope. Fairly frequent in winter. 



19. Tadorna cornuta. Rare; mostly young birds in Aug., Sept.; some 

 old ones in winter. 



20. Oidemia nigra. Myriads in winter on the sea. 



21. Oidemia fusca. Myriads in winter on the sea. 



22. Aythya marila. Very common, especially in severe winters. 



23. Aythya cristata. Rare, in severe winters. 



24. Aythya ferina. Rare, in severe Avinters. 



25. Glaucionetta clangula. Common, especially in severe winters ; 

 mostly' females and young males. 



26. Clangula hyemalis. Common, especially in severe winters; earliest 

 Duck to arri\e. 



