202 Arrivals, &g., of Birds. By John Aitchison. 







ft. 



in. 







Oaks ... 



(1) 



10 



5 









2 



9 



9 









(3) 



8 

 ft. 



6 

 in. 







Ashes ... 



(1) 



13 



8 









(2) 



12 



9 









(3) 



12 



6 









(4) 



11 













(5) 



10 

 ft. 



10 

 in. 







Tbkks. {Acer pseudo-platanus) .... (1) 



.'0\ 



13 

 12 

 11 



6 

 8 

 3 









(3) 









(4) 



10 



6 







..Low spreading (1) on a mound : with numerous 



ft. 



in. 



large protuberances or knots on the trunk. 



19 







(2) Tall and shapely. 







ft. 



11 



in. 







Elm... Spreading 



low and knotted. 



18 



6 





Lime. 



The large Lime tree (19 ft.) stands on a mound ; the ground 

 having heen apparently artificially lowered from the level on 

 which it had been planted. The forester told me he had tried to 

 count the rings in a large Ash (which had been blown down, I 

 think) and was able to make out as he thought about 300 rings ; 

 but he admitted that he could not count them with certainty. 



Arrivals, Departures, and Occurrence of Birds near Bel- 

 ford, 1881-^. By John Aitchison. 



It has been deemed expedient to defer the Eecord of Migra- 

 tion, &c. of Birds on the Borders to next Part of the Club's Pro- 

 ceedings. Meantime the siibsequent careful observations by Mr 

 John Aitchison, Belford, may fittingly occupy its place, as they 

 comprise a variety of particular^ that could not have been incor- 

 porated in a general summary. Mr Aitchison's merit as a pains- 

 taking ornithologist, and writer on his favourite study, are 

 generally acknowledged in his native county. It is but justice 

 that he should speak for himself. J. H. 



Belford, Northumberland, Jan. 1883. 



(Dear Sir) 



In the remarkably mild and open winter of 1881-2 there was 

 very little worth noting in the bird world about here ; and no large migra- 

 tory flocks of ducks, geese, swans, &c., such as we often see about Fenham 

 and other parts of the Northumberland coast, were observed during the whole 

 of last winter. The weather during the months of January and February 



