280 Arrival, Departure, &c, of Birds, by Mr. Jas. Hardy. 



Sand Martin following the outline of the sea-banks and going 

 to the north. No Curlews seen. Water-Hen has four eggs 

 Copper Butterfly out. 



April 23. Blackcap (Curruca atricapilla) arrived at Pease Bridge ; 

 singing and very active. Starlings building in the wood below 

 the Bridge, and also in the sea-rocks at Siccar. Chiffchaff 

 (Sylvia rufa) in the Pease dean ; a bird never observed before 

 in this vicinity. It frequented the young tall larches. It twice 

 descended from the trees to the burn, and took a drink, and 

 then mischievously gave chase to the Willow Warbler and the 

 Gold-Crest, and a companion of its own species. The Willow 

 "Warblers are numerous in song, Two Herons and two Cur- 

 lews at the coast. 



April 24. Wood Warbler (Sylvia sylvicola) heard in Pease dean. 

 More Blackcaps. Chiffchaff again heard. Two Swallows now 

 prosent. 



April 25. Four Swallows present, the complete number. Two 

 Mallards at sea. No Curlews. Three Lapwings passing 

 southwards ; perhaps they had got no mates in the north. 

 Grey Linnets still in flocks at groundsel. 



April 27. Nine or ten Fieldfares near the coast, perhaps waiting 

 for their departure ; not seen again. No Curlews, "Wheat- 

 ears, or Herons on the shores. 



April 30. Corn-bunting arrived. 



May 1. White-throat arrived. Wheat-ear again seen. Cuckoo 

 seen ; had arrived on the 29th April. Lapwings have young. 



May 2. "Wood Warbler more abundant in Pease dean. I thought 

 I heard the Redstart's note at Pease Bridge, but the male 

 being a shy bird, I could not get near it, It did not visit 

 Oldcambus dean this season ; but I observed a party of young 

 and old, June 28, at the Pease Bridge. I never saw it there be- 

 fore this season. Large flocks of Wood-pigeons in the fields, at 

 seeds of Veronica hederifolia, among young wheat. No Sand- 

 piper yet in the burns. Whitethroat well spread. During the 

 week a party of five Sand Martins was observed on the North 

 British Pailway, hastening past in a body northwards, not 

 leaving their track. Young Thrush full feathered. 



May 9. Tree-pipet on tall trees at Cockburnspath. No Swifts or 

 Martins as yet settled in the neighbourhood. 



June 15. Some Stone-chats have had nests on the coast at foot of 

 Pease burn. No Curlews as yet on the shores. 



June 19. Lapwings have deserted the moors and now frequent in 

 a flock the turnip-fields. Three Curlews at evening, making 

 from the coast to the upland moors. 



July 10. Lapwings still among turnips. Curlews in large numbers 

 at the sea-coast ; a small party of Redshanks also, but no 

 Herons or Cormorants. Black-headed Gulls began to arrive. 



