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March 24. Six or seven Curlews remain ; and a pair of Redshanks. 

 Four Wild Geese pairing ; one Fieldfare. 



March 25. A number of Kittiwakes associated in a party with 

 Common Gulls on the Pease Sands. Five or six Eedshanks 

 again to-day ; eight or nine Gulls, two Ducks, and two Herons. 



March 26. Several Curlews ; a pair of Eedshanks ; one Pied 

 Wagtail ; four Mallards. A pair of Lapwings passing north- 

 wards. 



March 27. Six Curlews ; no Mallards. Two'Grey-backed Crows 

 passing northwards. 



March 30. One Redshank on the shore. Several Moor-pipets 

 following the plough. Water-Hen returned to the pools in the 

 dean. 



April 4. A pair of Stone-chats took up their abode in the dean 

 and bred there among whin-bushes. No Pied Wagtails. 



April 5. Several Grey Wagtails, all new arrivals, seen at many 

 different points along the coast. 



April 6. Eight Curlews and five Herons. No Eedshanks nor 

 Mallards. One Pied Wagtail. One Gannet fishing off the 

 coast, the first. 



April 7. Pi pets and Curlews are now settled on the high moors. 

 Snipe humming in the air. One Eing Ouzel on the heights 

 near Dowlaw. It did not visit the dean this season during its 

 transition to the uplands. Wheat-ears arrived on the sea- 

 banks near Redheugh, after mid-day. They were not there in 

 the morning. Five Wild Geese passed. 



April 8. Wheat-ears have attained a mile farther north than 

 yesterday. A pair of Stone-chats on the coast, but did not 

 remain. 



April 11. Only one Curlew and one Heron. One Wheat-ear 

 only left. 



April 13. Six Herons and four Curlews; and a single Cormorant, 

 fishing at sea, which was still there on the 18th and 20th; no 

 Wheat-ears, Wagtails, nor Stone-chats. 



April 18. A few Wheat ears. 



April 21. Wasp abroad. Three Herons and two Curlews. 

 Willow Warbler (Sylvia Trochilus) arrived ; singing at intervals. 

 Some fresh Wheat-ears on the sea-banks ; they appear to ar- 

 rive in straggling parties, which are guided by the coast. In 

 the afternoon, at four o'clock, observed six Martins (HirunHo 

 urbica) making northwards, not in a body but in a scattered 

 train ; first two, then two, then one, which was followed by the 

 sixth — and these at intervals of ten minutes; pursuing the 

 sheltered windings of the dean, in the face of a sharp wind. 

 Blue Tit pairing. 

 April 22. More Wheat-ears in little parties of ten or thereabouts. 

 One Swallow (Hirundo rustica) arrived. One Martin and one 



