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British Bird Calendar. 
April 12. — Saw flock of hundreds of Swallows, which swooped down 
here (Harrogate), one was pure white. 
,, 21. — Saw and hi'ard Cuckoo. 
,, 2G. — Saw in Ripley Woods a fairly large bird, mostly yellow with 
blackish head, apparently an Oriole ; also a black and 
white Woodperk'T, and two Kingfishers. 
B. H., Harrogate. 27/4/'14. 
NOTES FROM NORTH UXST LIGHTHOUSE. 
March G. — First Oyster Catcher. 
6. — Numerous Solan Geese. 
8. — 4 Lapwing. 
12 — 23. — Large flocks of Starlings (common"). 
12.— 10 Ravens, 1 Skylark. 
16. — Kittiwake on water. 
18. — 2 Redshanks, 1 GoMen Plover. 
19. — Large flocks of Razor-bills and Guillemots (black) on water. 
23. — Shag, busy building. 
24. — Rock Pipits' nest with one egg. 
24. — 30 Eider Ducks, mostly males. 
26. — Kittiwakcs landed on Cliffs. 
29.— 1 Glaucous Gull. 
31. — 2 Blackbirds, 1 Skylark, at lanlcrn. 
April 1. — Guillemots landed on Cliffs. 
6. — Great Skua seen coming from north. 
6. — 1 Falcon Hawk. 
4. — 3 Red -throated Divers. 
1 . — Curlew. 
9. — 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull and 4 Sp;irrows. 
12. — 1 Female Blackbird. 
1 . — Pufflns arrived . 
16. — 1 Redwing, and 1 Stalling killed at lantci'n. 
18. — 1 Snow Bunting. 
19. — 2 Carrion Crows ami 1 Snipe. 
19.-1 Merlin Hawk. 
I also quote you an extract from one of the men's Ictti.'rs • 
" Imagine a Rock Pipit building here in March, it got the 
length of laying one egg, then cold north wind with frost and snow 
came on and it has given over the notion now till a more suitable time. 
It laid the first egg on the 24th March. One of the Twites we have 
had has liccn ti'oublcd with asthma all winter, so to-day bring fine wc 
thought it a gooil opportunity of letting it nvvay,, it took a fly round 
for an hour or so, then came to its cage, so we took it in again." 
D. E. P., Southsea^" 4/.V'14. 
