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a few Golden Plovers, and several Lapwings are also 

 present. 



i'jth April. — Light easterly wind. 



Of the numbers of Wheatears seen to-day (over one 

 hundred), only three were females. A flock of forty 

 Bramblings has appeared, also two Willow- Warblers, 

 three Kestrels, and numbers of Redbreasts. About 

 twenty Song-Thrushes, a dozen Ring-Ouzels, about 

 fifty Hedge-Accentors, and numbers of Fieldfares have 

 arrived. White Wagtails are also numerous. 



2%th April. — South-east breeze ; clear. 



A few more migrants seen to-day. Among these, 

 an adult male Tufted Duck is a new bird to the fauna. 

 A male Blackcap has also appeared. Most of the 

 migratory species seen yesterday have passed on- — ^only 

 six Ring-Ouzels, four or five Redbreasts, one Willow- 

 Warbler, and the Hedge-Accentors are very much 

 scarcer, The Wheatears are also decreasing, but the 

 White Wagtails and Song-Thrushes are still plentiful. 



29M April. — East, light ; clear. 



Redbreasts have again increased in numbers, about 

 fifty birds seen to-day. About a dozen Chaffinches 

 have arrived, mostly females. Four Willow- Wrens, a 

 Mealy Redpoll, ten Fieldfares, and a few Ring-Ouzels 

 also came under notice. The Hedge-Accentors and 

 the Wheatears have decreased in numbers. 



2)Qth April — East-south-east light wind this morn- 

 ing, and migrants plentiful. 



A Lapp Bunting, a male, in nearly full summer 

 plumage, was observed and heard singing. Thirteen 

 Whimbrels, a Short-eared Owl, a Corn-Crake, several 

 Swallows, and a Golden Plover, showing white on the 

 primaries, have arrived since yesterday. Ring-Ouzels 



