BIRD NOTES 153 



1892 



March 6. 30 Wigeon, 5 Geese. 

 May 2. Eagle (white-tailed). 



,, 8. 2 Goosanders. 



,, 10. 4 Black Terns. 



,, 12. 5 Sheld-ducks, 

 Whimbrel. 



May 1 6. 200 Godwits ; numer- 

 ousTurnstones and 

 Whimbrel. 



,, 19. 17 Cormorants, 2 

 Sheld-ducks. 



The entries in succeeding years are fragmentary, 

 but much on a par with the preceding. Chambers 

 seemed to tire of the " literary " part of his duties, 

 and very often omitted weeks of arrivals altogether. 

 Five years ago a younger man succeeded him on 

 his retirement into the Fishermen's Almshouses. 

 Jary the new man was not to be played with, 

 and by exercising much greater vigilance, kept 

 would-be shooters entirely in the background. It 

 is rare, indeed, save from a passing yacht containing 

 a smuggled rifle and a holidaying fool, to hear a 

 shot from the 1st of March to the end of the close 

 season. A few entries from Jary's book would 

 be as interesting as those of his predecessor, but 

 the examples given are sufficient to convey a fairly 

 good idea of the birds that visit us on their 

 northward journey. 



I must, however, state that since stricter pre- 

 servation has obtained, not nearly so many birds 



