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think well of them, and I trust that I have not paid 

 my last visit to their hospitable and most interesting 

 island. 



Diary of Observations, 1910. 



The following Diary gives the names of the migratory 

 birds observed during each day ; also the weather con- 

 ditions prevailing. The significance of the latter will 

 be made evident on consulting Chapter VIII. : — 



isi September. — North-west, fresh ; bright sunshine. 



The following migrants came under notice : — Barred 

 Warbler, one ; Willow - Warbler, several ; Tree - Pipit, 

 four or five ; Ortolan Bunting, several ; Common Wheat- 

 ear, a few ; Pied Wagtail, remains of freshly killed 

 male found ; White Wagtail, numerous ; Meadow-Pipit, 

 common ; Ringed Plover, two ; Turnstone, five ; San- 

 derling, one ; Lesser Black-backed Gull, two birds of 

 - the year. 



2nd September. — North-west, strong breeze ; migrants 

 only found in sheltered places. 



Garden- Warbler, one ; Willow- Warbler, one ; White 

 Wagtail, twenty to thirty in party and many scattered 

 birds ; Tree-Pipit, two ; Snipe, one ; Dunlin, one ; Merlin, 

 one ; Sanderling, three ; Golden Plover, five ; Ringed 

 Plover, seven. 



■i^rd September.— rWest, strong breeze ; dull ; warm. 



Greater Wheatear, three ; Ortolan Bunting, one ; 

 Willow- Warbler, two ; Golden Plover, numbers ; Garden- 

 Warbler, two ; Ruff, male ; Curlew, one. 



4M September. — South, light winds ; warm ; sunny at 

 times. 



Curlew, three ; Ruff still here ; Black Guillemot, one ; 



