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HEINRICH GATKE : BIRD-NOTES FROM HELIGOLAND. 



April {contimied). 



Sfiirjius vulgaris^ a few small flights ; Parus caiidatus ? ; 

 TiLvdus to7'quatiis^ T. merula, T. niusicus^ and T. iiiacus, 

 very few; Erithacus rubecula, some; Riiticilla titys^ some; 

 Saxicola (Euanthe.^ Accentor modidaris^ both few : Regiiliis 

 crisfatus, Alauda arvensis, Fringilla coelebs, and Linota 

 cannahina^ few ; L. flavij-ostris^ few ; Scolopax rusticiila, 

 four or five shot ; Columha palumbus^ six or eight. 

 3rd. — S. — S.AV., violent, fresh, clear; later, misty, W. ; evening, stiller, fog. 



Corvus cornix^ pretty many; also C. fnigilegus) Sturjius 

 vulgaris, very many ; Turdiis torquafus, some ; T. 7?iusicus, 

 tolerable ; T. mei^ula, few ; Erithacus rubecula, some ; 

 Accentor modularis and Saxicola cenanthe, tolerable ; 

 Motacilla alba, in masses ; M, flava, some ; Anthus 

 not many ; Otocorys alpestris, flight of twenty ; 

 Emberiza citrinella and E. schoeniclus, some ; Fringilla 

 ccelebs and F. vi07itifringilla, few ; Linota mnitabina 

 and L. flavirostris many; Upupa epops, several, also day 

 before ; Columba palumbus, ten to fifteen ; Scolopax 

 rusticula, none ; Totanus calidris and Tringa alpina 

 over-wintered ; Farus major gone. 

 4th. — S. W., fresh, clear ; night, heavy dew. 



Almost no migration whatever. Asio otus, one ; Corvus 

 corjiix, late afternoon, a few flights eastwards ; Farus 

 coeruleus, some; Certhia faniiliaris, one; Otocorys alpestris, 

 Motacilla, etc., scattered. 

 5th.— S.W., fresh, clear; later, thick. 



Nothing. A few Farus ccEruleus ; Ruticilla phmiicurus, 

 one male; Linota linaria, one; Carduelis elegans, Mota- 

 cilla alba, M. flava, and Sylvia rufa, one. 

 6th. — S.W., windy, fog. 



During night much migration. Turdus torquatus, 

 Charadj'ius, etc. ; E7nberiza, Turdus nierula, and T. 

 iiiacus ; a few Vanellus vulgaris. 

 7th.— W.N. W., fresh, clear, cold. 



Nothing. Hcematopus ostralegus, one, very fine, shot. 



8th. — S. ; night, stormy; early, thick, with rain; later, S.W. ; evening, more 

 S., with falling barometer. 



Falco peregrinus, one ; Corvus comix and C. nio?iedula, 

 few ; Sturnus vulgaris, few ; Turdus torqiiatus and T 

 j?iusicus, some; Vanellus vulgaris, pretty many; ]Vu??ie?iius 

 (2;'^z/'(2/^7, pretty many; Scolopax rusticicla, ont ; Colu??iba 



Naturalist, 



