346 HEINRICH GATKE : BIRD-NOTES FROM HELIGOLAND. 



November {continued). 



24th. — N.W., moderate, clouded. 



Falco peregrimis^ one ; Ttirdus nierula^ Alauda arvensis^ 

 and Emberiza nivalis^ some; Scolopax rusticula, one shot. 

 25th. — N.N.W., fresh. 



JFako cBsaloft, one old bird ; Alauda arhorea and 

 Emberiza schoeniclus. 

 26th. — N.N.W., strong, up to end of month N.N.W. and N.; 30th, W.S.W. 



Very singly Turdus merida and Alauda arvensis. 



December. 



1st and 2nd. — N.W., violent hail-squalls. 



Lomvia troile, thousands in the cliffs at the hatch-ridges, 

 3rd. — N. by W., slight, with hail-squalls, fresh. 



Accipiter 7iisus, one ; Turdus pilaris and T. inerula, 

 some ; Scolopax rusticula^ two or three ; Charadrius 

 pluvialis, early, several flights. 

 4th. — S.W., very violent, overcast. 



Nothing. Some Turdus pilaris. 

 5th. — W., fresh to violent ; night, storm, No. 9. 

 6th. —W.N. to N.W., violent. 



Nothing. Parus inajor^ some ; Pledrophanes nivalis^ a 

 flight. 



7th. — Still, rain, depression West of Scandinavia; night, lightning, thunder, hail^ 

 W., stormy. 



Otocorys alpestris, some ; Pledrophanes nivalis^ few ; 

 Scolopax rusticula^ one. 

 8th. — S.W.,very stormy, thick, low minimum N.W. Island, 705 ! ! ! 

 9th. — S.W. to S.S.W., very stormy to No. 1 1, minimum over North Sea, 710 1 ! ! 

 lOth. — S.W., stormy, somewhat better. Barometer commences to rise. 

 I ith and 12th. — S.W., violent, rain. 

 13th. — W.N.W., violent, clouded. 



14th. — -N.W., more moderate, clear; evening, still, easterly. 



Otocorys alpestris, very many overhead; Turdus merula^ 

 Eriihacus rubecula, Fringilla Calebs^ and Parus major, 

 some; Plectrophajies nivalis 2iX\6. Charadrius pluvialis^^i^i^. 

 15th. — S. to S.S.W., stormy, No. 9. 



Larus minutus, very many between the two islands. 

 l6th. — Early, S.W., still ; evening, N.W., stormy, rain. Barometer rising. 

 17th. — N.W., fresh, few clouds. 



Turdus merula and T. pilaris, tolerable ; Pledrophanes 

 nivalis, a great flight ; Scolopax rusticula and Gallinago 

 coolest is, several. 



Naturalist, 



