398 Record of Migration, <S:c., of Birds, by James Hardy. 



Berwick, left in the end of Oct. ; was late in departing in 1880 ; 

 seen in various places till the end of October. — G. B. — At Old- 

 cambus, May 13th, in a dean among furze; May 16th, general 

 in hedges ; August 6th, haunts the garden ; August 7th, in post- 

 road hedges; August 20th and 31st, still one in garden. Sept. 

 2nd, in turnip field ; Sept. 7th, one in garden at currant bushes, 

 and again on the 1 9th, which was its latest visit. In 1 879, arrived 

 in succession on May 21st, 22nd, and 26th; last seen Aug. 15th. 



Garden Warbler {Curruca hortensis). — Belford, April 23rd, 

 latish. — John AitcMson. 



PuPFiN {Fratercula Arctica). — April 23rd, several Puffins in the 

 sea off [STewton-by-the-Sea.— r. E. G. 



Grasshopper "Warbler {Salicaria Locustella). — Belford, April 

 29th, rather a rare bird in that vicinity. — J. A. — A false impres- 

 sion prevails that it is a bird of the South of England. I have 

 known it at Penmanshiel since I was a boy. I find that on May 

 23rd, 1837, I heard it among young trees in the Pease dean. 

 Near Newcastle I used to hear it on the retired banks of the 

 Derwent, opposite Winlaton MiU ; and it has a retreat at Broad- 

 struther, among the lower Cheviots. A correspondence in the 

 Scotsman brings out a number of new localities. A favourite 

 haunt is the beautifully wooded and romantic spot round Keilder 

 Castle, on the banks "and near the source of the North Tyne. It 

 usually arrives there in the early part of June, though sometimes 

 in May, and may be heard any time from mom till dark. The 

 writer compares its note to the winding up of a watch. T. 0. 

 heard it at 9.30 p.m. in the middle of May, about a mile north 

 of Haddington. He compares the sound to a small pea-whistle. 

 H. M. Lornie writing from Kirkcaldy, July 1st, says it can be 

 seen and heard any time after 8 or 9 o'clock p.m. at the Mill Dam 

 woods, or in the grounds at Eaith. It has also been heard about 

 a mile north of Edinburgh in June ; and in the same month at 

 the canal side near Falkirk. It has also occurred in Perthshire 

 in 1880. 



EJTTiWAKE, {Larus tridactylusj. — April 28th, quite a large 

 company of Kittiwakes on the coast between Newton and Boul- 

 mer.—T.M.G. 



Wood Wren {Sylvia syhicola). — Berwick, April 30th. Always 

 a fortnight or three weeks behind the Willow Wren. — G.B. 

 I did not observe it in the Pease dean, till late in summer ; in 

 1879, arrived May i2th and 22nd. 



