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many. . , . . Merula very many. Alauda, Ch. vanellus and 

 auratus also very many ; also ducks. 



" March 27th. S.S.W., violent, overcast, cold ; in evening, 

 ten o'clock, fog. Corv. cornix early, a few great flights. 

 Col. palumbus pretty many ; Vanellus early, pretty many ; Scolo- 

 pax twenty to thirty been shot." 



On the previous day the winds were light S.E., but unac- 

 companied by any remarkable migration, except in the case of 

 Alauda alpestris, which passed in great flights. 



" March %Sth. N.N.W., slight, early overcast ; later clear, 

 fine. Cor. cornix single flights, Sturnus some flights, Merula 

 pretty many. . . . Al. alpestris some flights. Woodcocks 

 140 to 150 being shot. 



" March 29th. Northerly, light, clear, early hoar frost. Mone- 

 dula, frugilegus pretty numerous. . . . Merula early, pretty 

 many ; Mot. alba several small flights ; Ant. pratensis and ru- 

 pestris pretty many ; Scolopax, about twenty shot. 



" March SOth. E., S.S.E., slight, clear, fine ; early, veryjsharp 

 hoar frost ; in evening E.N.E., cool. All the above, but in little 

 numbers. 



" April 3rd. N.E., fresh, cold, clear. . . . Al. alpestris 

 pretty many. 



"April 4:th. N.E., slight, cool, clear; in evening E. by S., 

 cloudy. . . . Al. alpestris pretty many ; Scolopax, forty to 

 fifty being shot. Then follows a day with S.E. winds. 



"April 5th. S.E., fresh, thick, cloudy; hasty clouds, low, 

 loose ; cold. Early not a bird ; during day few Starlings, 

 Thrushes, Hedge-sparrows, and Shore Larks." 



Then follow records of the 7th and 8th, with winds chiefly 

 E., but accompanied by only moderate migration. On the fol- 

 lowing day (9th), wind E. by N., slight, weather good, clouds 

 from S.S.E., the numbers of passing birds had materially in- 

 creased. Amongst the arrivals were two Bluethroats. 



" April Wth. Easterly, light, thick, fine rain ; in evening, W. 

 and W. by N., light. During the past night, from two o'clock, 

 very many Turdus and Saxicola migrating. During the day 

 extremely many of all the above species passing over the sea (i.e., 

 C. cornix, Monedula, Al. arvensis, alpestris, Mot. alba, An. 



