20 JANUARY. 



and Shetlands, where others congregate in my- 

 riads ; or the wild-swan, which sometimes pays 

 a visit to our largest and most secluded waters, 

 rewinging its way through the lofty regions of 

 the air to Iceland, and other arctic lands, we 

 cannot avoid feeling how much poetry is con- 

 nected with these wanderers of the earth 

 and air. 



I have endeavoured to mark the arrivals and 

 departures of this class of birds, in their re- 

 spective months, in a more clear and complete 

 manner than has hitherto been done. 



No migratory birds arrive this month, if we 

 except grosbeaks and silktails, which in this, as 

 in the last, occasionally appear, in very severe 

 weather, as well as flocks of Norway spinks. 

 According to Gilbert White, large flocks of hen 

 chaffinches likewise appear in winter, which are 

 supposed to come from the Continent. This 

 singular circumstance seems difficult of solu- 

 tion. 



DEPARTURES. 



Clangnla glacialis, Long-tailed Pocber, goes Jan. 11, comes 



Dec. 20. Haunts, lakes and shores. 

 Nyroca fuligula, Tufted Podier, goes Jan 19, conies Dec. 13. 



Shores and iresh meres. 

 Mergus Senator, Grey Goosander, goes Jan. 20, conies Dec. 28. 



P< ols and fens. 

 Coccitluaustes vulgaris, Grosbeak, goes Jan. 20, comes Dec. 28. 



Hilly fields — rare. 

 Erubeiiza nivalis, Snowflake, goes Jan. 20, comes Dec. 28. 



Mountains and down-. 



