HEIXRICH GATKE : BIRD-XOTES FROM HELIGOLAND. 



April {cojitmued •. 



Alauda arve/tsis, Otocorys alpestris, Saxicola c&naiithe, 

 Eviheriza citrinella, Linota can?iabi?ia, and some Fringilla 

 montifringilla ; Crex prafensis, some ; Scolopax rusficula, 

 ten or twelve caught. 



15th. — X.X.W., windy, cold, overcast. 



Thmunculus alaudari'us^ some ; few Thrushes ; Riiticilla 

 ph(Bnicurus^ two or three ; Saxicola ; Motacilla lugubris, 

 one : Alauda arvensis, tolerable ; Otocorys aipesfris, 

 twenty or thirty j two or three Scolopax rusticula ; Ardea 

 cinerea, one ; Up7ipa epops, two. 



i6th.--X.X.E., fresh, cold. 



Almost no migration whatever. Phylloscopiis frochiluSy 

 Ruticilla phcenicurus^ and Motacilla alba, few ; Saxicola^ 

 scattered Alauda arve?isis, slight ; Otocorys alpestris, 

 tolerable, about fifty. 



17th. — E.S.E., slight, sunny, warm; night, thunderstorm. 



Falco cesalon, some ; Tiiinmiculus alaudarius, several ; 

 Saxicola, Alauda arve?isis, and Otocorys alpestris, tolera- 

 ble ; Motacilla alba, few ; Ajithus prate?isis, tolerable ; 

 Linota camiabiiia, many ; Gallinago co^lestis, a couple. 

 On account of thunder-stormy atmosphere, little 

 migration. 



iSth. — E., still, clouds from S.S.E.; afternoon, thunder-clouds, distant thunder ; 

 evening, rain. 



Falco cesalon and Tinmniculus alaudarius, somQ; Turdus 

 torquatus and T. musicus, few ; Motacilla flava, some ; 

 M. alba, several : Saxicola, tolerable ; Otocorys alpestris, 

 fifteen or twenty ; Coccothraustes chloris, tolerable ; 

 Eniberiza citrinella, a couple j Charadrius pluvialis, some ; 

 Totanus calidris and T. ochropus, some. On account of 

 thunder-stormy clouds, slight migration. 

 19th. — E., fresh, clear, cool, high clouds, S.E. 



Pandion haliaetus, one ; Falco cesaloji and Tinnunculus 

 alaudarius, pretty many; Corvus coriiix, C. frugilegus, and 

 C. vionedula, strong migration ; Turdus vierula, T. tor- 

 quatus, T. musicus, and T. pilaris, all pretty many ; 

 Phylloscopus trochilus, scattered ; Ruticilla phcenicurus, 

 several ; Accentor niodularis, pretty many ; Erithacus 

 7'ubecula, many ; Motacilla alba and M. flava, many ; 

 Otocorys alpestris, fifty or sixty ; Fringilla coelebs, Linota 

 cannabina, many; Fri?igilla montifringilla, few; Aiithus 

 pratensis, many ; Totanus calidi'is, Chai'adrius pluvialis. 



Naturalist, 



