88 APRIL. 



jolly in mid April and May, and in the hot 

 months." Flies; — all those of March; also 

 small bright brown ; dark brown ; from the 6th 

 to the 10th the violet fly; about the 12th the 

 little wheeling dun ; yellow dun ; little brown ; 

 about the 20th, the horse fly to the end of 

 the month. 



MIGRATIONS OF BIRDS. 



ARRIVALS. 



Charadrius Hiaticula, Ring Dottrel, comes April, goes August. 



Haunts, Sea-shore. 

 Columba Turtur, Turtle Dove, goes Sept. Woods in Kent. 

 Coturnix vulgaris, Quail, goes Aug. Sept. Grassy fields. 

 Cuculus canorus, Cuckoo, comes early in April, goes July, Aug. 



Fields, generally. 

 Curruca luscinia, Nightingale, comes April 15, goes August. 



Woods and copses. 

 Curruca sylvia, Whitethroat, goes Sept. Hedges and bushes. 

 Curruca sylviella, Lesser Whitethroat, goes Sept. Hedges and 



bushes. 

 Curruca atricapilla, Blackcap, comes April 13, goes Sept. 



Gardens. 

 Curruca locustella, Grasshopper Lark, goes Sept. Brakes and 



bushes. 

 Curruca hortensis, Pettychaps, goes Sept. Shrubberies in South- 

 ern counties. 

 Curruca sibillatrix, Wood Wren, goes Sept. Beech and oak 



woods. 

 Cypselns Apos, Swift, comes April 24, goes Aug. 15. Eaves 



and towers. 

 Fratercula arctica, Puffin, goes Aug. North coasts. 

 Hiruiido rnstica, Swallow, comes April 13, goes Sept. Nov. 



Chimneys. 

 Hirundo riparia, Sand Martin, goes Oct. Sand cliffs near water. 

 Hirundo urbica, Martin, goes Oct. Eaves. 

 Motacilla flava, Yellow U agtail, goes Sept. Green corn. 

 Muscicapa atricapilla, Pied Flycatcher, goes Sept. Woods. 

 Ratios aquaticus, Water Rail, goes Oct. Sedgy waters. 



