344 HEINRICH GATKE : BIRD-NOTES FROM HELIGOLAND. 



November {conthmed). 

 6th. — S.W., violent, chasing clouds. 



No migration. 

 7th. — vS.W. to W., very violent, thick, storm and rain-clouds. 



Nothing. 

 8th. — W,, light, overcast, rain. 



Little migration. Asio accipitrinus^ Corvus cor7iix^ 

 C. monediila^ Sttirnus vulgaris^ Turdus pilaris^ T. ^nerula, 

 T. iliacus^ Alauda arvensis, Otocorys alpestris, Fledro- 

 phanes nivalis ; thirty or forty Scolopax rusticula shot. 

 9th. — E.S.E,, violent, rain ; p.m., E.N.E. 



Little migration. The above in few numbers. Numenius 

 arquata ; Phylloscopus superciliosiis^ one ; Scolopax rusti- 

 cula^ four or five. 

 lOth. — S.W. to E.S.E., slight, overcast. 



Slight migration. Asio accipitrinus, A. ofus ; Corvus 

 comix, small flights ; Turdus pilaris, pretty many ; 

 T. 77ierula, T. 7nusicus, and T. iliacus, few; Erithacus 

 rubecula, Fegulus ignicapillus. Troglodytes parvtilus^ 

 Parus major, some ; Anthus, few ; Alauda arvensis, 

 pretty many ; A. arborea and Otocorys alpestris, fewer ; 

 Eniberiza citrinella and E. miliaria, some ; Plectrophanes 

 nivalis, a Right ; Numenius arquata, migrating; Scolopax 

 rusticula, one. 

 nth. — S.E to W.S.W., fresh, dull. 



Little migration. Falco peregrinus, Asio accipitrinus, 

 Corvus cortiix, Turdus pilaris, T. iliacus, Alauda arvensis, 

 A. arborea, Otocorys alpestris, Erithacus rubecula, 

 Emberiza citrinella, Plectrophanes nivalis, Linota flavi- 

 rostris, and Parus major, all but scattered; Scolopax 

 rusticula, a couple. 

 I2th. — S.S.E. and S., moderate, clouded. 



Little migration. Asio accipitrinus, some ; Corvus 

 comix, several small flights ; Turdus pilaris, T. iliacus, 

 and Alauda arvensis ; Otocorys alpestris, pretty many ; 

 Alauda arborea, some ; Erithacus rubecula, still some ; 

 Emberiza citrinella, Plectrophanes ?iivalis, and Parus 

 major', five or six Scolopax rusticula shot. 

 13th. — S.S.W., violent, thick, rain. 



No migration. 

 14th. — W.S.W., moderate ; p.m., N.W., rain. 



Little migration. Corvus frugilegus, a small flight ; 

 the above scattered ; still some Accentor modularis ; 



Naturalist, 



