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December {continued). 



l8th. — W. and N.W., fresh, snow and hail-squalls. 



Turdus inerula and Alauda arvensis, tolerable ; Scolopax 

 rusticula, some ; Charadrius pluvialis and Tringa alpina^ 

 flight overhead. 

 19th. — S.E., moderate, clear, some frost. 



Corvus comix, small flights ; Turdus merula and 

 T. musicus, tolerable ; Alauda arvensis and Plectrophanes 

 nivalis, flights; Fringilla itiontifringilla, Coccothraustes 

 . chloris, and Littota flavirostris, pretty many ; Scolopax 

 rusficula, five or six shot. 

 20th. — E., slight, clear, some frost. 



Accipiter nisus ; Tinnunculus alaudarius, several ; 

 Corvus comix, a few small flights ; Sturnus vulgaris, 

 ■ several ; Turdus merula and T. iliacus, small party ; 

 Alauda arvensis, pretty many ; Otocorys alpestris, fewer ; 

 Plectrophanes nivalis, Coccothraustes chloris, Linoia canna- 

 bina, Fringilla moniifringilla, and Linota flavirostris, 

 pretty many ; Carduelis elegans, some ; Charadrius 

 pluvialis and Numenitis arquata, many overhead ; 

 Scolopax rusticula, three or four shot; Anas, very many 

 over the sea, migrating. 

 2ist. — E., slight, clear. 



Turdus merula and T. iliacus, several ; Scolopax 

 rusticula, a couple. 

 22nd. — E. and S.E;, slight, overcast. 



Turdus merula and T. iliacus, some ; Otocorys alpestris, 

 tolerable; Alauda arvensis, fewer; Scolopax rusticula, one. 

 23rd. — S.E., slight; evening, N. 



Turdus merula, some ; Flectropha?ies nivalis, scattered ; 

 Linota flavirostris, a small flight. 

 24th. — W.S.W., fresh, rain. 



Nothing. 

 25th. — N.W., fresh, rain squalls. 



Nothing. 

 26th. — W.S.W., fresh, clouded. 



Nothing. 

 27th. — E., fresh, thick, with snow, i^*. 



Nothing. 

 28th. — W., thick, with rain. 



Motacilla citreola (young), very fine specimen shot and 

 preserved ; Asio otus, one shot ; Sturnus vulgaris, some ; 

 Turdus pilaris, one flight ; Motacilla alba, a couple ; 

 Alauda arve?tsis, small flights ; Otocorys alpestris, several. 



Nov. 1887. 



