582 The Migration of Birds. By George Bolam. 



Aeefved (first seen). Dbpabted (last seen). 



Fieldfare 



Nov. 18, Berwick and 

 again on 29th. 



End of March. 



Eedwing 



Oct. 16, Berwick and 

 Chiswick. 



Mar. 17, Carham. 



Willow Wren 



Apr. 20, Berwick. 





Whitethroat 



Apr. 29, pretty nnnierons. 





Sedge Warbler 



May 5, several near Whit- 

 adder. 





Kedstart 



Apr. 27, everywhere a- 

 bnndant. 





Spotted Flycatcher 



Not seen till June 1, when 

 I saw one at Broom 

 Park, but probably here 

 before. 





Blackcap Warbler ... 



Apr. 30, Paxton, a pair. 





Snow-bnnting 



Sept. 17, Chiswick. 



Beginning of March. 



Chiff-cliaff 



Apr. 23, Paxton, but Mr 

 Muirhead had heard it 

 some time before. 





Mountain Finch ... 



Oct. 12, in garden, Ber- 

 wick. 





Hawthorn 



Plentiful in bloom. May 

 7, Paxton, Carham, Ber- 

 wick, &c. 





In addition to the migrants mentioned above, we were visited last 

 autumn by a party of Ring-ousels. On Oct. 13 (a thick misty day), there 

 were 3 or 4 of them in the garden here, and I shot 2 with the walking- 

 stick gun, both immature females, and might easily have killed others ; 

 next day there were still some 3 or 4 of them in the garden, and I shot 

 another ; and again on 18th and 20th others were seen and heard ; whilst 

 at the same time a few Redwings were found mixed up with them, and 

 occasional Thrushes and Blackbirds. Robins are very numerous also, and 

 Hedge Sparrows rather more plentiful than usual ; whilst for about a 

 fortnight in the middle of October, Golden Crested Wrens swarmed all 

 along the coast. There were always about half-a-dozen of them in the 

 garden, and everywhere where there were bushes there seemed to be one 

 or two of these tiny creatures hopping about ; even on the cliffs on the sea- 

 shore there were numbers to be found sometimes, and the long bents on 

 the links at Chiswick and Goswick were also frequented by them. They 

 were all very tame and fearless, as in fact this species always is, and my 

 brother actually caught one in a field, beneath his hat ! 



Lately Swans have been turning up more plentifully than usual at Holy 

 Island ; and Ducks and Geese too are numerous. 



Berwich-on-Tweed, IZnl January 1883. 



