NOTES 



FKOM THE 



NEIGHBOURHOOD OF VIENNA, 



NOVEMBER 1883. 



THESE notes are confined to the autumn of the present year, 

 when the migration of the birds of passage began on the whole 

 early, some species leaving us considerably sooner than usual. 

 For example, the Swift (Cypselus apus), the Oriole (Oriolus 

 galbula), and the Red-backed Shrike (ILanius collurio) de- 

 parted at the end of August, and at the beginning of September 

 not one of them was to be found in our neighbourhood. The 

 Quail, on the contrary, remained very late, and I still saw 

 solitary individuals in October and even up to the 16th of this 

 month. The Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus), the Lesser Grey 

 Shrike (Lanius minor), and the Nightjar (Caprimulgus euro- 

 pceus) quitted the district that fell under my observation in 

 the middle of September, while the Lapwing ( Vanellus cris- 

 tatus), the Starling (Sturnus vulgaris), and the Jackdaw 

 ( Corvus moneduld) are still passing through it in large flocks. 



