Mr. H. Durnford on Noi'th-Frisian Ornithology . 395 
The fare is coarse, chiefly black bread and eggs, with perhaps 
a sole or piece of bacon; but excellent butter and an almost 
unlimited supply of cream make up for a multitude of 
defects, and after a hard day’s work one can eat almost 
any thing. The charge for board and lodging is extremely 
moderate. We were favoured with almost uniformly fine 
weather; and one or two days while we were at List the 
sandhills seemed thoroughly baked by the sun, and the heat 
almost unbearable. 
Arranged in something like scientific order, my notes on 
the birds we saw are as follows :— 
Circus ^eruginosus. 
On Sylt, as we passed a “ Yogelkoje,” about two miles 
north of the village of Kampen, a bird rose from the low 
bushes surrounding the pond, and we saw another soaring 
high in the air. Returning past the place two days after¬ 
wards we again flushed the bird; and on going into the en¬ 
closure I found a nest in a wet place amongst the low shrubs, 
formed completely of reeds and heather, and raised about 
eighteen inches off the ground. It contained four young, of 
which I preserved two; their stomachs were crammed with 
the remains of frogs. On Amrum we observed a few at both 
ends of the island beating up the sandhills for rabbits. On 
Fohr we saw one or two pairs. 
CUCULUS CANORUS. 
This we found pretty common everywhere^ especially in the 
neighbourhood of dunes. 
Cypselus aptjs. 
Common on the mainland; but we did not see it on the 
islands. 
Hirundo rustica. 
Common everywhere, the most numerous of the Hirundinse. 
Hirundo urbica. 
Common. 
HlRUNbO RIPARIA. 
Pretty common. 
