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March [contimied). 



pratetisis, very many ; A. obsaims, fewer ; Linota canna- 

 bina^ several flights ; Charadrius pluvialis^ Vanellus 

 vulgaris^ and ^gialitis hiaticula, all very many ; Tringa 

 al_ptna, few ; Gallinago ccelestis, several ; Coluniba 

 paluuibus, some. Extraordinarily strong migration over 

 sea. 



2ist. — S.W., quite still; fog all night and clay. 



Alauda arvensis and Charadrius pliivialis migrating 

 over fog, voices sounding down ; Corvus monedula about 

 thirty or forty. Evening from 9 o'clock very much migra- 

 tion over fog ; Larks and y^gialifis hiaticula, Charadrius 

 phivialis, and Vanellus vulgaris ; Larks caught at light- 

 house. 



22ncl. — S., still, warm; fog very thick, whole night without interruption until 

 afternoon at 3 o'clock, then very misty. 



Corvus frugilegus, very many; C 7no?iedula, fewer; 

 C cornix, none ; Stitrnus vulgaris, millions ; Turdus 

 merula, few ; Alattda arvensis, many ; A. arborea, some ; 

 Anthus pratensis and A. obscurus ; Linota cannabina, 

 many ; L. flavii'ostris, some ; Coccothraustes Moris, some ; 

 Eniberiza citrinella, one fine male ; Charadrius pluvialis, 

 thousands ; Vanellus vulgaris, also many; y^gialitis hiati- 

 cula, pretty many ; Scolopax rusticula, one, not shot ; 

 Trifiga islandica, some ; T. alpina, several. From morning 

 till evening abundant migration ; Numenius arquata, 

 some ; one Scolopax rusticula. 



23rd. — S,E., fresh; early, fog; afternoon, fog. 



Corvus frugilegus, pretty many ; C. comix, few ; C. 

 monedula, some ; Sturnus vulgai-is, many ; Turdus merula 

 and T. niusicus, some ; T. viscivorus, one ; Motacilla 

 lugubris (?), two; Anthus pratensis and A. obscurus, not 

 many ; Alauda arvensis, very many ; Fringilla coelebs 

 (male) and Linota cannabina, pretty many ; Cocco- 

 thraustes chloris, Plectrophanes nivalis, and Eniberiza 

 citrinella, some ; Fringilla montatia [? Passer montanus\ 

 twenty or thirty ; Charadrius pluvialis and Vanellus 

 vulgaris, many, also during night ; ypgialitis hiaticula, 

 some. 



24th. — S.S.E. — E.S.E., fog ; from 6 till 11 a.m. quite still ; clear, warm, sunny. 



Tinnunculus alaudarius and BiUeo, one each ; Corvus 

 frugilegus, great masses about dawn; C comix, few; Stur- 

 nus in small flights ; TurdiLS merula and T. musicusy 



