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November {continued). 



Columba palumbiis^ a couple ; five or six Scolopax rusticula 

 shot. 



15th. — N.E. to S.E., slight. 



Little migration. Co7'vus comix ; C. frugilegus^ a few 

 small flights ; Tiirdus pilaris^ T. merula^ T. iliacus^ 

 Alaiida arvensis, A?ithus pratensis, Erithacus riibecula, 

 Accentor modularise Pratincola riibicola^ Emberiza ciiri- 

 jiella, E. schoeniclus^ Plectrophanes nivalis, and Troglodytes 

 parvulus. 

 1 6th. — W.S.W., moderate, rain, thick. 



Nothing. Asio otus^ a couple ; the above singly. 

 17th. — S.W., violent, overcast, rain. 

 Nothing. 



1 8th. — W. and W.N.W., windy, rain squalls. 



Tiirdiis merula, scattered ; Alaiida arvensis, some ; 

 some Scolopax rusticula, 

 19th. — N.N.E., stiller, clear. 



Little migration. Corviis comix and C. frugilegus, 

 still tolerable flights ; Turdus pilaris, T, merula, and 

 T. inusicus, some ; Motacilla lugubris, in winter plumage, 

 one ; Alaiida arvensis and Otocorys alpestris, pretty many; 

 Linota Jiavirostris, a flight of thirty to forty; three or 

 four Scolopax msticula shot. 

 20th. — S., slight, fine weather. 



Somewhat more migration. Corvus comix and C. 

 frugilegus, yet pretty many ; Turdus vierula, T. musicus, 

 Erithacus rubecula, Accentor modularis, and Anthus 

 pratensis, pretty many ; A. richardi, a couple ; Alauda 

 arvensis and Otocorys alpestris, few ; Emberiza citrinella 

 and Plectrophanes nivalis, some ; Fringilla coslebs, F. 

 montifringilla, and Linota cannabina, tolerable ; Parus 

 major, some ; Scolopax rusticula, five or six shot. 

 2 1 St. — W. to N.E., fresh, cold. 



Migration becomes very slight. Turdus merula, some. 

 22nd. — N.E., moderate, clear, cold. 



Corvus comix, a small flight. 

 23rd. — E. and E.N.E., slight, clear. 



Turdus merida, few; Alauda arvensis and Emberiza 

 nivalis, pretty many ; Linota flavirostris, a small flight ; 

 three or four Scolopax rusticula shot ; Corvus c$rnix, some. 



Nov. 1887. 



