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CALENDAR OF MIGRATIONS & OBSERVATIONS 



OF BIRDS IN BERWICKSHIRE. 



17991887. 



Jan. 1. GREY WAGTAIL (Motacilla sulphurea) seen 1883. (Earliest 

 of twenty-one observations, 1849-86.) 



,, 3. GOLDEN PLOVER (Charadrius pluvialis) spring notes heard 1857. 

 (Earliest of eleven observations, 1823-84.) 



BLACK- HEADED G ULL (Larus ridibundus) left coast 1882. (Earliest 

 of nine observations, 1813-86. ) 



LAPWING ( Vandlus vulgaris) seen inland 1885. (Earliest of 

 twenty-four observations, 1837-87.) 



,, 4. BRAMBLING (Fringilla montifringilla) arrives. (Average date 

 of three observations, 1857-81. ) 



8. COMMON CORMORANT (Phalacrocorax carbo) seen at coast 1875. 

 (Earliest of seventeen observations, 1862-86. ) 



