HELIGOLAND. 65 
4th, N.E., slight, cool, clear; in evening, E. by 8., cloudy.— 
Nothing. Merula, passing singly the whole day. F. salon and 
tinnunculus, a couple. Al. alpestris, pretty many, flights of 
twenty to thirty. Scolopax, forty to fifty being shot. 
5th, 8.E., fresh, thick, cloudy ; hasty clouds, low, loose; cold. 
—FEarly not a bird; during day few Starlings, Thrushes, Hedge 
Sparrows, and Shore Larks, Guillemots arrived by thousands 
in hatching places. 
6th, S.E., pretty sharp, later, stiller, clear, not cold.—J” pere- 
grinus, esalon, and tinnunculus, pretty many. Corv. corniz, 
pretty many. JMonedula, few. T. merula,few. Musicus, more. 
Pilaris, some. Rubecula and accentor, several. Sax. enanthe, 6, 
and Mot. alba, pretty many. AL. alpestris, very many, passing on. 
Fringilla and Anthus, only few. Col. palumbus and Scolopax, not 
many. 
7th, E., windy, overcast, cool; in evening, E. by N., rain.— 
F. peregrinus, esalon, and tinnunculus, several. T. musicus, few; 
torquatus, a couple. Anth. pratensis, many ; rwpestris,few. Al. 
arvensis, alpestris, and arborea, small flights. mb. miliaria, 
some. Fr. celebs, many onthe move. Col. palwmbus and Scolopaz, 
some. Totanus glareola, one. 
8th, E. by S., fresh, overcast, clouds moving from S.E. and 
S.S.E. past; night cold, from 11 to 2 fog; early, at 5 o’clock, 
again foe—F. wsalon and tinnunculus, very many, passing on 
over the sea. Mot. alba and Hmb. citrinella, pretty many. 
Miliaria, less ; almost nothing besides. 
9th, E. by N., shght, weather good, clouds from S.S.E.; in 
evening, east wind, dark; during night rain—F. ewsalon and 
tinnunculus, several. C. cormz and monedula, pretty many early. 
Turdus, almost none. Al. arvensis, pretty many ; alpestris, very 
many. Sy. trochilus, two to three. Rubecula, many. Accentor, 
tolerable. Mot. alba, many. Anth. pratensis and rupestris, fewer. 
Limb. citrinella, many ; schaniclus, fewer. Fr.celebs, montifringilla, 
and cannabina, many. Par. major,many. Leg. flavicapillus and 
Sax. enanthe, also pretty many. Scolopax, only afew. Sy. leu- 
cocyanea, two fine old 3, one of them nearly uniform blue. 
10th, easterly, light, thick, fine rain; in evening W. and W. 
by N., light.—During the past night, from 2 o’clock, very many 
Turdus and Saxicola migrating. During the day extremely 
many of all the above species passing over the sea. 
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