340 HEINRICH GATKE : BIRD-NOTES FROM HELIGOLAND. 



October {continued). 

 9th. — S. by W.N.W., light, misty; p.m., clear. 



Tinnunculus alaudarius, Accipiter ntsus^ and Corvus 

 comix ; Sturtiiis vulgaris^ not many ; Turdus musicus 

 and T. iltacus, slight ; Erithacus rudecula, Phylloscopus 

 trochilus, Regulus cristatus^ Accentor modularise and 

 Saxicola oenanthe\ Anthiis^ few; Alaiida arvensis^ A. 

 arborea, Otocorys alpestris^ Fringilla coslebs, F. monti- 

 fringilla, Emberiza schoijticlus, and Plectrophanes nivalis ; 

 Scolopax rusticula, a couple ; Gallinago coslestis and G. 

 gallinula^ some. But slight migration, 

 loth. — S.W. to W.N.W., fresh, clouded, rain. 



Very little migration of above. All singly, 

 nth. — S.W. to N.W. , violent, much rain. 



Almost nothing at all. Falco cesalon^ Corviis frugilegiis, 

 Turdus musicus^ Fringilla co^lebs, and F. inontifringilla. 

 1 2th. — W.S.W., fresh, clouded. 



Very little migration. Falco peregrinus^ one; F. cesalon, 

 a. couple ; Regulus cristatus, Turdus iliacus^ Otocorys 

 alpestris, and Motacilla alba, all singly. 

 13th. — S.W., very violent, slight rain. 



No migration whatever. Some Regulus cristatiis, 

 14th. — S.W., light rain ; p.m., still. 



No migration ; p.m., Crows, some Chrysoinitris spinus, 

 Plectrophanes nivalis, Charadrius pluvialis^ Anthus 

 obscurus. 



15th. — S.W., fresh, vaporous ; 3 p.m., S.E. , storm. 



Early, no migration ; forenoon, many Corvus comix ; 

 many Turdus 7?iusicus and T iliacus ; Saxicola oenanthe ; 

 Anthus pratensis and A. obscurus; many Fringilla Calebs 

 and F. jnontifrifigilla ; few Alauda arvensis, A. arborea, 

 and Otocorys alpestris; noon, extraordinarily mdiXiy Anthus 

 pratensis ; many Turdus torquatus, T. merula, T. musicus, 

 and T. iliacus. At the outbreak of the S.E. storm, 

 3 p.m., everything gone. 



l6th. — S.E., fresh. 



Falco cesalon, Tifinunculus alaudarius, and Accipiter 

 nisus, some ; Corvus comix and C. frugilegus, very many ; 

 C. 7nonedula, few; Sttmius vulgaris, Turdus musicus^ and 

 T. iliacus, pretty many ; Erithacus rubecula, many ; 

 Saxicola oenanthe and Pratincola rubetra, pretty many ; 

 Accentor modularis, Regulus cristatus, and Alauda arvensis, 

 many ; A. arborea and Otocorys alpestris, some ; Anthus 

 pratensis and A. obscurus, tolerable ; Emberiza schoeniclus 



Naturalist, 



