SEPTEMBER. 265 



ANGLING. 



Tench is not in season ; Bream is at its best, 

 but must be taken early or late in the day, and 

 in gloomy, windy weather, being the shyest of 

 fish ; Perch may be caught till the end of the 

 month ; and Dace is best caught from this time 

 till the end of the year. Baits as in April, also 

 a Camel Brown Fly. 



MIGRATIONS OF BIRDS. 



ARRIVALS. 



Anser ferns, Bean Goose, comes Sept. goes May. Haunts, Fens and 



corn-fields. 

 Numenins Arquata, Sea Curlew, comes Sept. 4, goes Feb. C. Coast 



in winter. 

 Scolopax Gallinago, Snipe, comes Sept. 1, goes March 6. Marshes. 

 Scolopax Gallinula, Snipe Jack, comes Sept. 10, goes March 0. 



Marshes and runnels. 

 Sula Bassana, Gannet, or Solon Goose, comes Nov. goes March. 



Rocky isles. 

 Totanus ochropus. Green Sandpiper, goes April. Seashore, pools, 



and streams. 

 Totanus fuscus, Cambridge Godwit, goes April. Sea-shore. 

 Totanus striata, Purple Sandpiper, goes April. Sea-shore. 

 Turdus pilaris, Fieldfare, comes Nov. goes March. Fields generally. 

 Turdus Iliacus, Redwing Thrush, comes Nov. goes March. Fields 



generally. 



DEPARTURES. 



Caprimulgus Europeus, Fern Owl, comes May. Haunts, Oak woods. 



Charadrius Hiaticula, Ring Dottrel, comes April. Sea shore. 



Charadrius Pluvialis, Green Plover, comes April. Heaths in sum- 

 mer, coasts in winter. 



Curruca sylvia, Whitethroat, comes April. Hedges generally. 



Curruca sylviella, Lesser Whitethroat, comes April. Hedges 

 generally. 



Curruca atricapilla, Blackcap, comes April 13. Gardens. 



Curruca salicaria, Sedge Warbler, comes May. Hedges in low 

 places. 



