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ever have suspected the song, but for its two or three concluding 

 notes, as of Bunting origin? Again, wiry Meadow Bunting, surely 

 Rock or Vineyard Bunting, if its habits elsewhere are the same 

 as here ? Besides its song, it has a Serin-like trill. 



The month of August yielded little of interest. On the 2nd 

 the Willow Wren sang its quiet late summer song, and on the 

 7th I heard a few notes from the Lesser Whitethroat. The Grey 

 Wagtail came to ditches in the suburbs, and Goldfinches in 

 plenty to the weedy field corners. It may have been " insular 

 prejudice," but it certainly gave one a shock to see bunches of 

 Partridges brought in a fortnight or three weeks before " the 

 First." On Aug. 29th the Chiffchaff sang, and on this and 

 following days numbers of House Martins collected on the Uni- 

 versity front overlooking the Hofgarten. 



In conclusion I may express surprise at the number of species 

 which I failed to meet with. I saw nothing of Woodchat Shrike, 

 Ortolan Bunting, Hoopoe, Quail, or Stork. If my time had 

 been less occupied, however, I might possibly have added some 

 of these to my list. 



