3IO HEINRICH GATKE : BIRD-NOTES FROM HELIGOLAND. 



March [contimied). 



scattered ; T. viscivoj-us, one ; ErWiacus rubeada, 

 some ; Motacilla luguhris, some ; M. alba, several ; 

 Turdus pilaris, some ; Anthus pratensis, many ; A. 

 obscurus, pretty many ; Alauda arvensis, pretty con- 

 siderable migration ; Otocorys alpesiris, some ; Alauda 

 arborea, a couple ; Fringilla coslebs, IJnota cannabiiia, 

 pretty many ; Linota flavirostris, a little flight ; F7'ingilla 

 fnontana [} Passer inonta7ius\', Scolopax rusticula, ^hot-, 

 CJiai'adrius pliivialis, Vanellus vulgaris, and JEgialitis 

 hiaticula, pretty many, during night very many ; also 

 Columba paliimbiis, two or three. 



25th. — S., feeble, clear, fine; night, hoar-frost and frost, light clouds from S.S.W. ; 

 evening, at nine, fog. 



Falco cesalon and Tinmmadus alaudariiis, some ; 

 Corvus frugilegus, C. comix, C. vwiiedula, extraordinarily 

 many, miUions, from early morning till evening, in such 

 masses as it was impossible to estimate their numbers, and 

 all round the islands as far as the telescope could range ; 

 Stunius vulgaris, also very many; Turdus merula, T. 

 musicus, and T. iliacus, pretty many ; Turdus viscivorus, 

 some \ Eiithacus rubecula, pretty many ; Accentor 

 modularis, very many ; Troglodytes parvulus, very many ; 

 Ruticilla titys, a few fine males ; Motacilla alba, very 

 many ; Saxicola oenanthe, some ; Anthus pratensis, many ; 

 A. obscurus, fewer; Alauda arvensis, few; Otocorys 

 alpesiris, some flights ; Emberiza citrinella, several ; 

 Fringilla coelebs, Li?wta cannabina and L. flavirostris, 

 tolerable ; Fringilla montifringilla, some ; Charadrius 

 pluvialis, Vanellus vulgaris, and yEgialitis hiaticula, 

 many ; Scolopax rusticula, one ; Gallinago ccelestis, one ; 

 Columba palmnbus, some ; Anser and Anas, very many 

 migrating ; Regulus, some. 

 26th. — S., still, fog ; also all night ; 9 a.m., thick, with rain ; fog until 3 p.m. 



Corvus frugilegus and C. comix, but few on account of 

 fog; Turdus merula and T musicus tolerable, came down 

 as it cleared up a little at 1 1 a.m. 



27th. — S.W., fresh, thick, rain ; evening, violent, chasing fog clouds. 



Turdus merula and T. 7?iusicus, singly; Erithacus 

 rubecula, Accentor modularis, Motacilla, Anthus, Parus 

 cceruleus, one ; a few Scolopax 7'usticula ; Columba cenas, 

 one. No migration at all. 



Naturalist, 



