584 lliQ Migration of Birds. By George Bolaiii. 





Aeeivbd (first seen). 



Departed (last seen). 



ahifE-chaff 



No record. 





Mountain Fiucli . . . 



Oct. 5, several in garden, 

 Berwick (early). 





Hawthorn 



In full bloom, Lowick, 

 Beal, &c. on May 31— 

 first seen at Carham on 

 24th, and again at Kyloe 

 on 25th. 





Wild Geese 



Flock seen at Goswick, 

 Sep. 7, (.species unTcnown) 

 12 seen at Berwick on 

 20th {also unknown). 





Common Buzzard 



Sept. 16, one seen on sea- 

 banks near Berwick evi- 

 dently just arrived (see 



Notes). 





Eed-backed Shrike 



Sept. 15, sea-banks near 

 Berwick (see Notes) . 





Eing-ousel 



Apr. 21, Kyloe hills ; single 



One seen Skirlnaked, Dec, 





bird in garden, Berwick, 



5, feeding on haws in 





on 20th. 



company with Fieldfares, 



House Martin 



Not seen till May 13. 



Nov. 11, single bird hawk- 



{Kirundo urhica) 





ing under shelter of town 

 wall, Berwick, very late; 

 one seen in garden, Ber- 

 wick, Nov. 3. 



Night-jar 



May 25, seen at Kyloe 



Sept. 28, one killed near 





(had probably been there 



Loughoughton. Sep. 29, 





some time). 



one seen on the sands 

 between Goswick and 

 Holy Island, 



Tawny Owl 



Oct. 26, I found one sit- 

 ting upon the remains of 

 a wreck near low-water 

 mark on the sands bet- 

 ween Goswick and Holy 

 Island, quite two miles 

 from nearest land. 





Stormy Petrel ... 



Sept. 29, one killed near 

 Alnmouth. 





.Jlobin 



Swarming in garden. Ber- 

 wick, beginning of Sept. 

 with other migrants^ 

 Eedstarts, Flycatchers, 

 &c. — but only one or two 

 of them left by Sept. 20, 

 and they remained with 







us all the year. 





Eu£E 



Sept. 7, one shot on sea- 

 coast, Goswick. 





Black-tailed Godwit 



Sept. 7, one shot on coast, 





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Goswick. 





