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ago, several. About eve a bat flying about in the garden, be- 
sides two observed. 
19th, N.W., slight, light rain squalls—EHarly, nothing. /. 
nisus, some. C.corniz, some flights; monedula, fewer. Sturnus, 
but few. Sy. rubecula and rufa, scattered. Par. major, few. 
About eve Blackbirds and Finches arrived. Linaria, the same. 
Al. brachydactyla, one male shot. 
During the latter days plenty Zar. tridactyla on the sea, also 
minutus. Anas molissima, one old male shot. 
20th, N. by E., slight, quite cloudy, rain showers ; later, N.E,, 
almost clear ; in evening, clear, light.—Very little, more migra- 
tion across the sea. Corvus,few. Sturnus,many. Turdus, very 
few. Sy. rubecula and rufa, few. Al. arvensis, pretty many ; 
alpestris, very many, in flights of thirty to fifty. Woodcocks, 
but a few. 
21st, westerly, light, and rain showers.—Very shght migra- 
tion. Sturnus, pretty large flights. Lan. excubitor, one. Turdus, 
very few. Woodcocks, early, very many, 150 to 200 captured. 
22d, H. and E. by N., light, clear, scattered clouds ; in evening, 
highest clouds from N., middle W., low, loose, hasty clouds from 
K. by S.—F. peregrinus, a couple. Corv. cornu and monedula, 
not many. Sturnus, early flights of 2000 to 3000. Zurdus, but 
few. Anthus, not many. Al. arvensis, few; alpestris, many. 
Limb. citrinella, some. Fringillw, the same. Some Col. palumbus 
and Woodcocks. 
The westerly currents in middle stratum of air may have acted 
unfavourably on migration. 
23d, E. by §., fresh, light clouds from 8.E. ; in evening, E.S.E., 
very fresh ; clouds hasty from 8.E., at 9 o’clock, thick, overcast. 
—F, peregrinus and esalon, some. C. cornix, very many ; frugi- 
legus, in afternoon, flights of several hundreds. Stwrnus, single 
fights. Sy. rubecula and rufa, but strayed. Reg. flavicapillus, 
pretty many, but yet no pyrocephalus. Anth. pratensis and 
rupestris, pretty many. Al. arvensis, few; alpestris, many ; 
brachydactyla, one shot. No Thrushes and but a few Wood- 
cocks. . 
24th, early, S.S.E., violent, thick rain; 10 am. S.; PM, 
S.S.W., rain, clear to northward.—Early and forenoon, nothing ; 
afternoon, during calm, 7. merula, Sturnus, Fr. celebs, and a few 
Woodcocks. 
