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OBSERVATIONS ON BIRDS. 



34. Dotterel (Charadrius mori- 

 nellus) . 



Makes its spring passage be- 

 tween the 20th and 30th of 

 April : returns about the third 

 I week in September. 



TIL Birds that spend the winter, or a portion of the 

 winter, with us. 



35. Golden Plover (Charadrius 

 pluvialis) 



(Arrives the middle or end of 

 September : stays till March or 

 April. 



36. Snipe (Scolopax gallinago) 



37. Jack Snipe (S.gallinula) 



38. Short-eared Owl (Otus 



brachyotos) . 



39. Bean Goose (Anser sege- 



tum) .... 



40. White-fronted Goose (A. 



albifrons) . 



41. Grey Wagtail (Motacilla 



boaruld) 



42. Wild Duck (Anasboschas) 



43. Woodcock (Scolopax rusti- 



cola) .... 



44. Hooded Crow (Corvus cor- 



nix) .... 



45. Fieldfare ( Turdus pilaris) . 



46. Redwing (T. iliacus). 



47. Teal (Anas crecca) . 



Middle of September ; but 

 many remain the whole year, 

 and breed in the fens. 



End of September : never 

 stays to breed. 



September or October ; plen- 

 tiful some years in the fens. 



Earliest flocks seen the be- 

 ginning of October ; return 

 northwards in March : much 

 less plentiful than formerly. 



{ Beginning of October. 



Middle of October. 

 / Middle or end of October : 

 J stays some seasons till near the 

 I end of March. 



(October or November: last 

 seen about the second week in 

 March. 



/ Rarely seen before the end of 



October. Sometimes fieldfares 



4 remain very late in the spring ; 



occasionally till near the end of 



V April. 



Has occurred the first week 

 in October, but generally later. 

 Not seen every year. 



