ORNITHOLOGICAL NOTES 



FROM 



JANUARY IST TO APRIL 30TH, 1882. 



ALTHOUGH the Notes that I now publish are but loose leaves, 

 not well-arranged matter, and have been collected at various 

 times and in various localities, they may perchance contain 

 some observations not wholly devoid of interest. 



From the 12th to the 31st of January I saw Sky-Larks 

 (Alauda arvensis) almost daily in the neighbourhood of 

 Prague. In fine weather they sang as they mounted aloft, 

 but when it was cold and stormy they congregated in large 

 flocks on the newly-ploughed fields. 



At the end of January I killed in the same district a Jack 

 Snipe (Gallinago gallinula) on the bank of a frozen reed- 

 covered pond. It was not a sick bird, but lively and in good 

 condition. 



During the past autumn the Rough-legged Buzzard (Buleo 

 lagopus) was far less abundant than in former years, but 

 remained in the neighbourhood of Prague throughout the 

 winter. It commenced its return journey in the beginning 

 of March, but in the latter days of that month I still saw 

 several in their usual haunts. 



