HEINRICH GATKE: BIRD-NOTES FROM HELIGOLAND. 



October {coiitiniied). 



and Plectrophmies nivalis^ not many; Fringilla ccelebs and 

 F. monfifringilla, very many; Troglodytes parvidus^ pretty 

 many; Anthus richardt, Charadrius pluvtalis, and Vanellus 

 vulgaris^ some; evening, from 7 to 8.30, Alauda arvensis 

 at lighthouse. 



17th. — E.S.E., very violent, rain. 



Early, nothing ; later, all the above singly. One Falco 

 peregrinus ; Chrysomitris spinus^ a small flight ; Regulus 

 cristatus, scattered. 



1 8th. — S., fresh, clouded. 



Falco CEsalon^ Accipiter nisus^ Asio accipitrinus^ Corvus 

 comix, and C. 7?ionedula, but slight; Stur?ius vulgaris^ 

 pretty many ; Tiirdus torquahis and T. pilaris, some ; 

 T, inusicus and T. iliacus, pretty many; Erithacus 

 rubecula, Ruticilla phoenicurus, Regulus cristatus, and 

 Saxicola oinanthe, some ; Accentor ^nodularis and Troglo- 

 dytes parvulus, many ; Anthus praiensis and A. obscurus^ 

 many; Motacilla alba, some; Alauda arvensis, pretty 

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

 schoeniclus, many ; Plectrophanes nivalis, fewer ; Fringilla 

 ccelebs and F. montifringilla, many ; Chrysomitris spinus, 

 some ; Scolopax rusticula, five or six shot. 



19th. — E.S.E., light, clear, fine. 



Aquila albicilla, one ; Falco peregrinus, F. cesalon, 

 Accipiter nisus, and Corvus frugilegus ; C. monedula, 

 many ; C. comix, fewer ; Sturnus vulgaris, many flights ; 

 Turdus musicus and T iliacus, tolerable ; T viscivorus, 

 T. pilaris, and T torquatus, some ; Erithacus rubecula, 

 pretty many ; Sylvia hortensis, few ; Regulus cristatus, 

 pretty many; Accentor modularis, many; Plectrophanes 

 nivalis, small party ; Fringilla ccelebs, many ; F. monti- 

 fri?igilla, fewer ; Chrysomitris spinus and Linota canna- 

 bina, pretty many; Alauda arvensis and Otocorys alpestris, 

 many ; Alauda arborea and A. cristata, a couple ; 

 Scolopax rusticula, seven or eight shot. 



20th. — E.S.E., fresh, overcast ; p.m., E. 



All above ; but slight migration. Pretty many F'rin- 

 gillince and Troglodytes parvulus; thirty-four Scolopax 

 rusticula captured. 



2 1 St. — S.S.W., slight, overcast. 



Very few singly of above. No Scolopax rusticula ; 

 Gallinago ccelestis, a couple. 



Nov. 1887 



