384: Arrival and Departure of Migratory Birds, 8fc. 



August 5. Lapwings from the hills in flocks in the turnip fields, 

 which are full of small caterpillars. Fourteen Herons on 

 the shore ; and more Curlews. 



August 16. Fifteen Curlews on the shore ; they are still circulat- 

 ing high in the air between the coast and the moors. 



September 30. Swallows left, after disappearing for a few days 

 and then returning. 



November 8. Ring-Ouzel returned to the coast, but speedily left. 

 The remains of a dead bird seen in December. 



November 13. Snow-bunting arrived. November 20. Fieldfare. 



December 16. The number of Cormorants on the rocks at this 

 date is eleven ; these live en famille. Other two, which 

 appear to be old birds, sit on a rock apart, fish by themselves, 

 and flap and dry their wings side by side. 



Arrival, 8fc, of Birds near Wooler, 1872, By Jas. Hardy. 



April 29 Chimney Swallow at Belford ; Whitethroat and Tree- 

 pipet, at Fowberry ; Curlews and Wheat-ears numerous on the 

 moors. May 1. Martins and Chimney Swallows, at Wooler. 

 May 2. Whinchat. May 3. Cuckoo. May 5. Corncrake. May 

 14. Sandpiper ; Swift ; Redstart. October 17. Chimney Swallow 

 Btill at Belford. All the summer birds had left "Wooler. October 

 19. Still a few Ring-ouzels on the hills round Wooler; one 

 Woodcock among heather, behind Humbleton Hill. 



Arrival of Birds, fyc, at Weetwood Hall. Noted by 

 R. G. Bolam. 



1867. Sand Martins at Ford Forge, April 18 ; ditto, at Weetwood 

 Hall, April 19. Cuckoo, April 28. 



1868. Hawthorn in bloom. Doddington Lane, May 2. 



1869. Sand Martins at Weetwood Bridge, April 11. Cuckoo, 

 April 25. Corncrake, April 25, Hawthorn in bloom, 

 April 28. 



1870. Sand Martins, 17 or 19 April. Cuckoo, April 23. Haw- 

 thorn in bloom, May 17. 



1871. Cuckoo, April 27. Hawthorn in bloom, May 14. 



1872. Cuckoo, April 24. Hawthorn in bloom, May 7. 



