306 HEINRICH GATKE : BIRD-NOTES FRO.M HELIGOLAND. 



January {continued). 



iith. — S.S.W., feeble, thick, cloudy, i""; evening, snow shower. 



Few; Turdiis inerula and T. pilaris^ Fringilla inonti- 

 fri?igi/Ia and Coccoihraustes chloris. 

 1 2th. — E., still, 1°, overcast. 



Some Ttirdus uierida and T. pilaris, eating hawthorn- 

 berries in garden; Co.ccothraiistes chloris \ one or two 

 Scolopax rustiaila. 

 13th. — S.S.W., boisterous, thaw. 



Minimum Strix scandinavica ; nothing else. 

 14th. — E., feeble, i^, light, cloudy. 



The above knocking about singly ; Coccoihraustes 

 chloris, etc. 



15th. — S.W., boisterous, thick ; fog at night till early, at 9 o'clock 1°. 

 i6th. — W., violent ; early, fog ; later on, cloudy ; afternoon, clear, cold. 



Plectrophaiies nivalis, forty or fifty; Coccoihraustes 

 chloris, twenty or thirty, stragglers. 

 17th. — S.S.W., stormy ; early, snowstorm ; during day, thick ; evening, clearing 



up with moon, stiller. 

 i8th. — S., very violent, overcast. 



19th. — W. and W.N.; early, a little rain and snow; later on, sunny; evening, 

 S.W., slight. 



Sturmis vulgaris, a few ; Turdus pilaris, ten or twenty ; 



Alauda arvefisis, some, migrating ; Coccoihraustes chloris 



and Fanes major, stragglers. 

 20th. — E. , early, fog ; later on, snow and rain, wind fresh. 

 2 1st, — E,, still, misty, snow. 



22nd. — E., still, thick, with snow; afternoon, less. 



Very many Otocorys alpestris migrating, also Linota 

 cannabina. 



23rd. — E. and E. by S., fresher, some more frost. 



Many Linota cannabifta, L. linaria, Z. flavirostris ; 

 fewer Coccoihraustes chloris ; very many Carduelis 

 elegajts, Turdus pilaris, and T. merula ; few winter 

 visitants. 



24th. — E. by S., moderate, 2^, clear, tine. 



25th. — S.E., fresh ; early and night, sharp frost, 3° and more ; noon, sudden thaw 



with damp coming down. 

 26th and 27th. — S.E., feeble till early, misty, fog, thaw. 

 28th and 29th.— S.W., feeble, thick. 



Very many Anthus obscurus ; few Turdus pilaris and 

 T. merula. 

 30th. — S.W., fresh, rain; afternoon, clear. 



Many Anthus obscurus. 

 31st. — S.S.W. — S., stormy, rain showers, snow. 



Alauda arvensis, pretty many, S. — N. — 



