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to-day. No widgeon seen coming, but there are a great 

 many more here than yesterday. Wind S.E. last night 

 and NN.E. to-day. A fresh breeze. 



September 27. Wind N.W., blowing very hard. A 

 few small parties of brent passed. 



September 28. Immense numbers of brent passed 

 to-day, beginning before 7 A.M. They varied in num- 

 ber from 10 to 60 or 70 in a lot, but towards evening 

 they became larger, and the last two gaggles which I 

 saw pass just before 6 P.M., comprised about 200 birds 

 each. Hardly any widgeon seen passing, but there are 

 more on the banks than yesterday. Wind N.E., fresh, 

 squally. 



September 29. Passage of brent temporarily over ; 

 not more than half a dozen lots passed. Wind E. in 

 morning, N.E. towards evening, and fresh. 



The second large migration occurred in mid- 

 October, and subjoined are his observations : 



October 14, 15, and 16. Wind N.E., very fresh. 

 Immense numbers of widgeon and brent passed on these 

 days, chiefly between 2 and 5 P.M. 



October 17. Wind changed to W., and flight ended. 



Again, on 



November 15. I left the yacht, which sailed to the 

 Lauwers Zee. On the voyage my men told me that 

 masses of widgeon passed ; but in the Lauwers Zee they 

 were evidently out of the ' Trek,' and they do not know 

 how long the passage lasted. None of the widgeon, 

 however, stopped in the Lauwers Zee. 



