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March {continued). 



28th. — W., fresh ; early, clear; 7 a.m., fog ; 10 a.m., clear ; whole day fog. 



No migration. Corvus comix, early, during one hour, 

 pretty many overhead ; Turdus iliacus, some ; Regulus 

 crisfatus, some ; Fringilla ccelebs and F. montifringilla, 

 pretty many ; Rallus aqiiaticus, one ; Scolopax rusticula 

 and GaUinago ccelestis, some ; Nwiwihts arquata, a few. 



29th. — S.W., still, thick fog ; 10.30, fog, frost, overcast, wind fresh. 



Tinmmculus alaudarms, some ; Corvus comix, some 

 flights ; Stu7iius vulgaris, pretty many ; Turdus merula 

 and T. 7?iusicus, some ; T. iliacus, fewer ; Erithacus 

 rubecula and Ruticilla titys, some ; Sylvia rufa, one ; 

 Regulus crisfatus, some; Praiincola ruhecula, one; Trog- 

 lodytes parvulus, pretty many ; Accentor modularis, some ; 

 Emheriza citrijiella, one ; Fringilla ccelebs, many ; some 

 F. montifringilla; Anthus pratensis, tolerable ; y^. obscurus, 

 few ; Moiacilla alba, some ; Charadrius pluvialis, Vanellus 

 • vulgaris, and yFgialitis hiaticula, few ; Tringa alpina, 

 some ; Scolopax rusticula, some ; Fringilla niontafia 

 [ ? Passer monta?ius], still there. 



30th. — W. by S., violent, clear ; over-night very violent, with rain. 



Falco peregrinus, one ; F. cesalon and Tin7iunculus alau- 

 darius, some ; Corvus comix and C. frugilegus, not many; 

 Sturnus vulgaris, a flight of fifty or sixty ; Turdus merula, 

 pretty many ; Erithacus rubecula and Accentor modularis, 

 some ; Regulus cristatus, some ; Saxicola cenanthe, males, 

 few ; Motacilla alba and Ruticilla titys, few ; Fringilla 

 ccelebs, many half-fine males ; F. montifringilla, fewer ; 

 Linota cajtnabina, a few flights ; L.flavirostris, a couple; 

 Fringilla mo7ita7ia Passer montanus^ still there, thirty 

 or forty; Scolopax rusticula, ten shot; GaUinago ccelestris, 

 some; Vanellus vulgaris, a couple. 

 31st. — S.W., very violent in night, stormy, with rain, thick; evening, better, 

 clearer. 



Nothing. Tirmimculus alaudarius, one ; Corvus, none ; 

 Sturfius, none ; Columba palumbus, one ; Scolopax rusti- 

 cula, a couple ; Tringa alpina, some ; Podicepes nmior, 

 one. 



April. 



1st. — W., violent, clear, cold. 



Almost no migration whatever. 

 2nd. — S., very fresh, clear, cold. 



Very little migration. Falco peregrinus, F. cesalon, and 

 Tin?iu7tculus alaudarius, few ; Corvus comix, some ; 



Oct. 1S37. , , • ; . _ , 



