62 REPORT ON THE MIGRATION OF BIRDS. 
gilegus and Sturnus, not many. JMerula, several. Al. arvensis, 
very many, numerous flights overhead passing. Jot. luyubris, a 
few females and young male. Hmb. scheniclus, several. Char. 
vanellus, thousands. Auwratus, hundreds. Hiaticula, twenty to 
fifty. Num. arquata and Fring. alpina, many. Scol. rusticula, 
one. 
6th, N.E., fresh, little wet snow.—Jilvus, one. Sturnus, 
merula, and scolopax, several. Al. arvensis, several large flights. 
Ans. albifrons, one, one year old. 
7th, N.W. to W., clear, cold 1 deg.—F. esalon, one 6. Stur- 
nus and Alauda, stray birds. Anth. pratensis and rupestris, 
somewhat more. 
8th, W., 8.W.; in evening fog.—Nothing. A few Mot. lugu- 
bris. Few Stwrnus. One Woodcock. 
9th, N.N.W., windy, cold, now and then fine snow, and clear. 
—Corv. corniz, little flights. Mot. lugubris, a couple. Two 
Woodcocks. 
10th, N.W., fresh, loose scattered clouds, cold.—Nothing. 
11th, N.N.W., fresh; p.m., N.E., clear, cold—WMerula and 
Sturnus, a few. 
12th, W.N.W., slight wind, thick, almost foe—Merula, Anth. 
pratensis and rupestris, a few. 
13th, N.W., fresh, misty— Almost not a bird. A few miser- 
able Pewits. 
14th, N.N.W. to N., fresh, cold—Nothing. <A few Mot. alba. 
15th, N.N.W., windy, cold, overcast; in evening fog till 
1.30 a.M.—Z. merula, tolerable, ten caught in bush, 8 old g, 2 &. 
Sturnus, flights. Mot. alba, singly. Vamnellus, early, some flights. 
Four to five Woodcocks. Several Snipes and Plover. 
16th, W., violent, cold, overcast; in evening clear.—Corv. 
cornix, six to ten. Sturnus, till nine in morning; flights of 
hundreds and thousands. JMJerula, a few hundred. Jliacus, 
fewer. Mot. alba, few. Anth. rupestris, some. Pratensis, none. 
Al. arvensis, many. fr. celebs and cannabina, few. Char. 
vanellus and auratus passing on overhead. Woodcocks, three 
shot. Tr. alpina, early, great flights. 
From two o’clock till daylight at Lighthouse. — Sturnus 
vulgaris, extraordinary many, 300 to 400 being caught. Merula, 
very many.  Alauda, Char. vanellus and auratus, also very 
many. Also ducks, 
