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HEINRICH GATKE : BIRD-NOTES FROM HELIGOLAND. 



]March {coiitmtted ). 



5th. — N.N.W., feeble, clear, early : later, the whole day still, quite clear, sunny, 

 warm, but frost in shade. 



Twenty-two Geese (^Anser segetuni) overhead. 



6th. — E., still ; night and early, 2°; afternoon, S.W., feeble, quite clear ; late 

 afternoon, thick, some snow, above zero ; evening, clear. 



Tinniinculiis alaudarius, three ; Corvus frugi/egus, 

 fifteen or twenty ; Alaiuia arvensis, few ; Anthus 

 pratensis, pretty many. 

 7th. — N.N.W. , feeble, clear. 



8th. — E., still, clear, fine, 2°; afternoon, one hour fog. 



A few Corviis comix and C. friigilegiis. 

 9th. — Still, clear, thick hoar-frost, 2°; in night, 4". 



Alauda arvensis during night, very many, migrating low 

 in spite of atmosphere being partiadai-ly clear with stars ; 

 some at lighthouse ; Vanellits vulgaris^ some, 

 loth. — S.E., feeble, overcast, 2°, misty; afternoon and evening, quite clear, E. 

 Nothing. 



nth. — E., feeble, thick, overcast, 2"" to 3°, fog from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m., then 

 overcast ; evening, clear. 



1 2th. — E. and S.E., feeble, thick, 2° to 3°; afternoon, sun, clear. 

 13th. — E., feeble, cloudy and sunny; in night, little frost, i". 



Sturnus vulgaris, some ; Anthus obscurus, tolerable. 

 14th. — E. and E. by N., still ; in course of day above zero, clouds and sunshine. 

 15th. — -E. by N., fresh ; night, frost : during day, little above zero. 



1 6th. — E. by N., pretty violent ; night and early, pretty much snow, slight thaw ; 

 evening, below zero. 



17th. — E. and E. by S., i"" to 2°, wind fresh, overcast. 



1 8th. — S.E., fresh ; night, to 2"; cloudy and sunny. 



19th. — S.E., light, 3° to 4°, misty. 



Corvus frugilegus, a fair number ; C. comix, few ; 

 Sturnus vulgaris, few ; Alauda arvensis, very many, but 

 squatting here and meagre ; Twdus viscivoi'us, extraordi- 

 narily plentiful migration over the sea : Plectrophanes 

 nivalis, pretty fair, old birds. 



20th. — S.S.E., feeble ; evening, W. by S.; misty, 3°; forenoon, mild, feeble, fine 

 rain, thaw ; evening, fog. 



Enormous migrations. Falco cEsalon, some ; Tinmin- 

 culus alaudarius, some ; Corvus frugilegus, thousands ; 

 C. comix, fewer ; Stujmus vulgaris ; Alauda arve?isis ; 

 Anthus pratensis ; Turdus viei'ula, few ; T. niusicus and 

 T. iliacus, some ; Alauda arve?tsis, hundreds of thousands ; 

 Otocorys alpestris, some ; Alaiida arhorea, a few ; Anthus 



Naturalist, 



