SEPTEMBER. 287 



MIGRATIONS OF BIRDS. 



ARRIVALS. 



Anser ferus, Bean Goose, comes Sept. goes May. Haunts, Fens and 



corn-fields. 

 Numenius Arquata, Sea Curlew, comes Sept. 4, goes Feb. 6. Coast in 



winter. 



Scolopax Gallinago, Snipe, comes Sept. 1, goes March 6. Marshes. 

 Scolopax Gallinula, Snipe Jack, comes Sept. 10, goes March 6. 



Marshes and runnels. 

 Sula Bassana, Gannet, or Solon Goose, comes Nov. goes March. 



Rocky isles. 

 Totanus ochropus, Green Sandpiper, goes April. Sea-shore, pools, 



and streams. 



Totanus fuscus, Cambridge Godwit, goes April, Sea-shore. 

 Totanus striata, Purple Sandpiper, goes April. Sea-shore. 

 Turdus pilaris, Fieldfare, comes Nov. goes March. Fields generally. 

 Turdus Iliacus, Redwing Thrush, comes Nov. goes March. Fields 



generally. 



DEPARTURES. 



Caprimulgus Europoeus, Fern Owl, comes May. Haunts, Oak woods. 



Charadrius Hiaticula, Ring Dottrel, comes April. Sea-shore. 



Charadrius pluvialis. Green Plover, comes April. Heaths in summer, 

 coasts in winter. 



Curruca sylvia, Whitethroat, comes April. Hedges generally. 



Curruca sylviella, Lesser Whitethroat, comes April. Hedges gene- 

 rally. 



Curruca atricapilla, Blackcap, comes April 13. Gardens. 



Curruca salicaria, Sedge Warbler, comes May. Hedges in low 

 places. 



Curruca arundinacea, Reed Warbler, comes May. Water-sides, 

 marshes. 



Curruca luscinea, Nightingale, comes April. Woods and copses. 



Curruca sibillatrix, Wood Wren, comes April. Woods, tree-tops. 



Curruca hortensis, Pettychaps, comes April. Shrubberies, southern 

 counties. 



