62 STUDIES IN BIRD-MIGRATION 



A Linnet, a Brambling, and about two hundred 

 Skylarks seen. 



30M March. — South-west ; clear. 



Many of the birds recorded still present^ — -Rooks, a 

 Jackdaw, Black-headed Gull, Common Gulls, Mallard, 

 and two Mergansers, male and female. Decrease in 

 the numbers of Lapwings. 



2,\st March. — North-west, strong; clear. 



Two Linnets noted ; and a decrease in the number 

 of Skylarks, Starlings, and Lapwings evident. 



2ird April. — Bands of Puffins here for first time. A 

 Brambling as an arrival. 



^th April. — Many Chaffinches have arrived. 



dth April. — To-day the Chaffinches are gone. 



•jth April. — South-west ; light showers. 



A few more immigrant Rooks to-day. Several 

 Wigeon and Mallard again seen. Lapwings decreased 

 to three. 



<)th April. — Several Snipe arrived since yesterday. 



\oth April. — South, light, fine ; clear. 



An adult male Lapland Bunting observed and heard 

 singing. A Hedge-Accentor and two Jackdaws are 

 new arrivals. Blackbird heard singing. 



wth April. — South. 



A few immigrant Bramblings in to-day, also two 

 Grey Wagtails. 



i^th April — South, light. 



A Hedge-Accentor, a Redbreast, and a Linnet 

 observed. Rooks and Jackdaws still here, but no 

 Lapwings seen. 



\i^th April — East-south-east, light breeze ; clear. 



Three Wheatears (two males and one female), several 

 Bramblings and Chaffinches, three Lapwings, and six 



