96 STUDIES IN BIRD-MIGRATION 



numerous ; about one hundred seen. Corn- Bunting, 

 one. Mealy Redpolls, two. Goldcrests, numerous, 



I'-^th October. — South-west, light ; clear. 



Shore- Lark, three arrivals. Goldcrests again very 

 numerous. 



26M October. — South-east, light breeze ; clear. 



Richard's Pipit -after much stalking and consider- 

 able difficulty, one was at last secured. It kept 

 persistently to the open, and constantly took long flights, 

 uttering its single loud note repeatedly. Little Buntings 

 — two were put out of marshy ground, which they seem 

 to prefer to any other. This bird is usually solitary, 

 or at the most two or three together. Woodcocks — 

 the flight is over ; only some dozen birds were seen. 

 Mealy Redpoll, one. Siskin, one. Coot, one. Hedge- 

 Accentor, one. Wood - Lark, one. Common Gulls 

 decreased. 



2']th October. — East-south-east, breezy. 



Short-eared Owl, one. Siskins, dozen seen. Field- 

 fares, increase. Yellow Buntings, increase. Wood- Lark, 

 one. A few Redwings, Song - Thrushes, Fieldfares, 

 and Starlings captured at south lantern ; also a Wood- 

 cock. 



2%th October. — East-south-east breeze. 



Wood- Larks, three. Blackcap, a male. Woodcocks, 

 four. Common Sandpiper, one. Ring-Ouzel, one. About 

 5.30 P.M. emigrating birds appeared at the lantern of the 

 south lighthouse, and many Fieldfares, Song-Thrushes, 

 Redwings, Blackbirds, Redbreasts, Starlings, Bramblings, 

 Skylarks, and Chaffinches were noted until 8.30 p.m. 

 When the weather cleared, the wind changed to the 

 north-west, and the movement was no longer observed, if 

 it did not cease. 



