THE ZOOLOGIST 



No. 718.— April, 1901. 



ORNITHOLOGICAL NOTES FROM NORFOLK 



FOR 1900. 



By J. H. GuRNEY, F.Z.S. 



Owing to the mild open weather, migration was very slow 

 during the autumn of 1900 along the east coast, and I believe it 

 was not much better in the spring ; but I was away in the South 

 of France during April and May. 



I take the opportunity of comparing the arrivals of spring 

 birds noted there with the dates taken in East Norfolk by the 

 Rev. M. C. Bird.* My dates are for the Var Department, all of 

 them made within sight of the Mediterranean, and about seventy 



Willow- Warbl er 



Ruff 



Garganey Teal 



Swallow 



Cuckoo 



Sand-Martin 



Grasshopper -Warbler 



Nightingale 



Swift 



Reed- Warbler 



Pied Flycatcher 



Redstart 



Sandpiper 



Spotted Flycatcher ... 

 Turtle-Dove 



South of France. 



April 



March 3rd 

 9th 

 „ 22nd 

 „ 30th 

 1st 

 11th 

 „ 12th ? 

 „ 13th 

 „ 15th 

 „ 17th 

 „ 28th 

 „ 28th 

 „ 30th 

 „ 30th 

 May 2nd 



Norfolk. 



April 29th 



„ 21st 



March 23rd 



April 17th 



„ 13th 



„ 15th 



22nd 



21st 



May 4th 



2nd 



8th 



April 21st 



May 8th 



„ 21st 



4th 



Difference 

 in Days, 



1 

 18 

 12 



4 

 10 



8 

 19 

 15 

 10 



21 



2 



Zool, 4th aer. vol. V., Aj)ril, 1901. 



