NOTES 
FROM THE 
NEIGHBOURHOOD OF VIENNA. 
NOVEMBER 18838. 
— 
THESE notes are confined to the autumn of the present year, 
when the migration of the birds of passage began on the whole 
early, some species leaving us considerably sooner than usual. 
For example, the Swift (Cypselus apus), the Oriole (Oriolus 
galbula), and the Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio) de- 
parted at the end of August, and at the beginning of September 
not one of them was to be found in our neighbourhood. The 
Quail, on the contrary, remained very late, and J still saw 
solitary individuals in October and even up to the 16th of this 
month. The Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus), the Lesser Grey 
Shrike (Lanius minor), and the Nightjar (Caprimulgus euro- 
poeus) quitted the district that fell under my observation in 
the middle of September, while the Lapwing (Vanellus cris- 
tatus), the Starling (Sturnus vulgaris), and the Jackdaw 
(Corvus monedula) are still passing through it in large flocks. 
