74 STUDIES IN BIRD-MIGRATION 



Blackcaps (two females and a male) are all that were 

 seen. 



\th June. — Westerly light breeze ; rain. 

 A Wryneck was observed on the face of the cliffs 

 at the South Harbour, and a male Red-backed Shrike 

 was also seen. 



5M June. — Northerly breeze ; clear. 

 A female Blackbird and four Black-headed Gulls 

 were all the visitors seen to-day. A Common Sand- 

 piper and several Purple Sandpipers left about this date. 

 6th June. — North-east breeze ; clear. 

 The birds seen to-day were : Tree-Pipit, one ; 

 Common Whitethroat, one ; Redstarts, two females ; 

 Corn-Bunting, one ; Cuckoo, one. Several Swallows 

 and House-Martins are still on the Isle. 

 'jth June. — The last Snow- Bunting seen. 

 %th June. — East, light wind ; clear. 

 Lesser Whitethroats, four ; Garden- Warbler, one ; 

 Chaffinches, two females ; Tree-Pipit, one ; Whimbrels, 

 twenty-four ; Common Sandpiper, one ; Blackcaps, male 

 and female ; House-Martins, several ; and three Chimney 

 Swallows. Some of the birds mentioned are fresh 

 arrivals. 



(^thjune.- — South, light wind ; clear. 

 Common Gulls, two ; Black-headed Gulls, two ; and 

 a Dunlin, are all that were seen. 



loth June. — South, light wind ; clear. 

 A Garden- Warbler and a Sedge- Warbler came under 

 notice. The Swallows and House-Martins are still 

 here. 



nth June. — South-west breeze; clear. 

 A Sanderling seen. The Common and Black-headed 

 Gulls still here. 



