586 The Migration of Birds. By George Bolam. 



Arrivbd (first seen). Depaeteb (last seen). 



Sandpiper 



Cuckoo 



Swift 



Corn-crake 



Cliife-cliaff 



"Willow Wren 



Sedge Warbler 



May 6, plentiful on Tweed 

 at Carliam; seen on Ber- 

 wick pier on May 12, 

 probably just arrived. 



Heard at Abbey St Bath- 

 ans on Apr. 25, (Ber- 

 wick papers) one seen 

 at Lowhauglis 3 miles 

 from Berwick, May 2, 

 and recorded in New- 

 castle Journal of 7tli 

 as being heard at 

 Springwood Park and 

 Old Jeddart, on Satur- 

 day last. May 3. 

 I fii-st heard it on Mayll, 

 at St Abbs Head. 



First seen at Berwick on 

 May 5, fairly numerous 

 on following morning. 



May 4, heard near Low- 

 haughs, Berwick. • 



April 10, at Haggerston 

 and Lowlynn, and on 

 following day in Pease - 

 dean. 



Plentiful BerwickjPaxton, 

 &c., Apr. 27. Very 

 numerous on Holy 

 Island May 12, with 

 other migrants as Sedge 

 Warblers, Spotted Fly- 

 catchers, and White- 

 throats (see Notes). 



May 9, Holy Island, a 

 single bird ; numerous 

 on 12th. 



On sea coast, north of Ber- 

 wick, end of August. 



July 14, one seen flying 

 over garden, Berwick. 

 Aug. 11, one close to rail- 

 way station, Tweed- 

 mouth — a young bird. 

 Aug. 15, one shot, Middle 

 Ord — young bird. Aug. 

 23, one in garden, Ber- 

 wick ; also a young one. 

 Sept. 4, saw a young bird 

 near Berwick bridge. 

 July 7, there were 2 or 3 

 Cuckoos in garden, and 

 my brother shot one — a 

 young bird. In early 

 morning I saw an old one 

 two or three times. It is 

 very early for young birds 

 to be migrating yet ; old 

 ones always leave us in 

 July. On the morning 

 of 6th (Sunday) a Cuck- 

 oo was heard to call — • 

 ^' Cuckoo," tho' in rather 

 a low tone — a very un- 

 usual circumstance so 

 late in the year. 



No record. 



Most unusually plentiful 

 in autumn, and remained 

 very late {see Notes.) 



No record. 



Last seen on Sept. 17, in 

 garden, Berwick, in com- 

 pany with other migrants 

 — but this is not late. 



