HEINRICH GATKE I BIRD-NOTES FROM HELIGOLAND. 



October {continued). 



and Asio accipitrinus ; Corvus comix ^ pretty many ; 

 Sturnus vulgaris^ not many; Turdus niusicus^ few; 

 Alauda^ Anthus, Emberiza^ Fringilla^ Parus^ Accento7'y 

 jRegulus, and Trochilus, all very scattered; Linoia flavi- 

 rostris, a small flight. 



29th. — S., fresh, clear ; night, frost, horizon misty. 



Very little migration of above. Archibuteo lagopus, one. 

 No Scolopax rusticula. 



30th. — W., feeble, dew, frost, fog. 



Almost nothing at all. Asio accipifrinus, Corvus 

 cornixy Turdus pilaris, T. vierula^ T. musicus, Erithacus 

 rubecula, Regulus cristatus, Accentor moduiaris, Anthus 

 pratensis, A. obscurus, Alauda arvensis, Otocorys alpestris, 

 Fringilla coslebs, E. 7?iofitifringilla, Colwfiba palumbus 

 eight or ten Scolopax rusticula ; Emberiza cia, one. 



31st. — S.E., slight ; night and early, fog, rain. 



No migration. Above singly. Anthus richardi, one. 



Wovember. 



1st. — S.E.; early, cloudy. 



Almost nothing. Corvus comix, C. monedula, Sturfius 

 vulgaris, Turdus merula, T. musicus, and T. pilaris, few; 

 Alauda arvensis, Anthus pratensis, A. obscurus, Emberiza 

 citrinella, Fringilla coelebs, Erithacus rubecula, and Trog- 

 lodytes parvulus. All very singly. 

 2nd. — S.S.W.; night, fog; early, S.S.E., fog. 



No migration. Asio otus, a couple ; Sturnus vulgaris, 

 few; singly Turdus, Anthus, Emberiza citrinella, Erithacus 

 rubecula, Sylvia hortensis, Regulus cristatus^ and Parus 

 major', Rallus aquaticus, one. 

 3rd. — S.S.W., light dust-rain. 



No migration. Afternoon, storm-warning. Storm- 

 centre, Hebrides. Pandion haliaetus and Falco peregrifius; 

 singly Turdus, Anthus, Alauda, Fringilla, Erithacus 

 rubecula, Troglodytes parvulus^ and Parus major ; 

 Gallinago coelestis, a couple. 

 4th. — W.S.W., violent, rain. 



Nothing. Singly Turdus, Alauda, Anthus, Erithacus 

 rubecula, Regulus cristatus, Parus major, and Scolopax 

 rusticula. 

 5th. — S.S.W., fresh, clouded. 



No migration at all. Single stragglers as above. 



Nov. 1887. 



