Birds. 653 



April 23. A single house martin appeared. This year this bird is remarkably late in 

 its arrival. Wind W. 



23. Redstart: a single male observed. This bird is very true to the fourth week 



in April. Wind W. 



24. Several house martins appeared. Wind E. 



24. Observed a party of more than a dozen whea tears and whinchats, resting 

 upon the top twigs of some thorn -bushes. Rarely ever are more than two 

 birds of either species are seen here at the same time, and probably by so 

 many being in company, they might be on their passage to some further 

 quarters, merely using this spot as a " baiting place." The nights have 

 been light, and favourable for the passage of birds. They always arrive 

 here in the greatest numbers towards a full moon. 

 29. A pair of swifts seen. Wind E. 

 29. Noticed three individuals of the tree pipit. 

 29. Three sandpipers appeared on the Trent. 

 29. Grasshopper warbler heard. 

 May 1. Land-rail heard. Wind E. 



4. Nightingale. Wind E. 

 J. J Briggs ; Melbourne, May 5, 1844. 



Note on the arrival of Summer Birds near Sheffield, in 1844. 



Yarrell's wagtail, March 25 Corn crake or land-rail, May 3 



Willow warbler, April 5 Whitethroat, 4 



Redstart, 14 Lesser whitethroat, 8 



Grasshopper warbler, 25 Grey flycatcher, 10 



Wood warbler, 25 



/. Heppenstall ; Upperthorpe, near Sheffield, June 28, 1844. 



Note on the arrival of Summer Birds at Hull, in 1844. Inclosed I beg to hand you 

 a list of a few summer birds, with the dates on which I first noticed them in this neigh- 

 bourhood, which please to insert in ' The Zoologist.' From the notes of a friend of 

 mine in Hamburg, I observe that the swallow arrived there on the 15th of April, the 

 swift on the 25th, and the nightingale on the 26th of the same month. He has pro- 

 raised to furnish me with a more extensive list next spring, which, if you should think 

 suitable for the pages of ' The Zoologist,' I shall be happy to send. 



Swallow, April 15 Whinchat, April 25 



Redstart, 18 Cuckoo, 25 



Willow wren, 21 Swift, May 11 



Martin, 23 G. Norman ; Hull, May 15, 1844. 



Note of the arrival of Summer Birds at Elgin, N.B., in 1844. In compliance with 

 the request made on the cover of ' The Zoologist' for this month, I send you the follow- 

 ing dates at which some of our summer visitants were first seen in the neighbourhood 

 of Elgin, N.B. 



Lark. The observations made Lapwing, March 2 



this year, confirm me in the Oyster-catcher, arrives on the 



opinion already stated in Lossie at its breeding station 12 



' The Zoologist,' that there Ring-ouzel 22 



is a migration here of this First flock of wild geese seen on 



favourite bird Febry. 15 their passage northwards. 



