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J. E. LITTLEBOY-NOTES ON BIRDS 
on the bleak prairies or tundra of Siberia, and in Scandinavia, 
beyond the limit of forest-growth. Mr. Henry Seebohm met with 
wboopers in abundance in the valley of the Petchora, and was suc¬ 
cessful in finding numerous nests on the delta of that river. The 
whooper is readily distinguished from other swans by its beak and 
bead; the lower portion of the beak being black, and the posterior 
or higher portion being a conspicuous yellow. Respecting it, 
Montague* 4 writes as follows:—“ Having killed one of these 
species out of a flock of ten or twelve, its companions flew round 
several times, making a most melancholy cry before they flew off. 
This reminded us of the solemn dirge of the dying swan described 
by the ancient poets, and may possibly have given rise to those 
accounts; only by them it was supposed to be sung by the dying 
bird.” 
The following observations on the arrivals of our migrants and 
other visitants have been reported. 
Summer Migrants. 
Species. 
Locality. Date. Observer. 
Nightingale. 
(Daulias Luscinia) 
Redstart . 
(Ruticilla phocnicurus) 
Wheatear. 
(Saxicola (Enanthe) 
Whitethroat . 
(■Sylvia rufa) 
Blackcap ... 
(.Sylvia ntricapilla) 
Chiff-Chapf. 
(.Phylloscopus colly bit a) 
Willow Wren... 
(Phylloscopus Trochilus) 
Sedge Warbler ... 
(Acrocephalus schoenohcenus ) 
Spotted Flycatcher. 
{Muscicapa Grisola) 
Swallow .. 
(Rirundo rustica) 
Hertford.Apl. 5 R. T. Andrews. 
Hailey Hall, Hertford . „ 10 H. C. Heard. 
St. Aibans . „ 17 Henry Lewis. 
Sawbridgeworth. „ 20 Miss Simpson. 
Odsey Grange, Royston. „ 23 H. G. Fordham. 
Hitchin . „ 24 W. Hill, jun. 
Watford .. „ 24 J. Hopkinson. 
Harpenden. ,, 25 J. J. Willis. 
Fanhams Hall, Ware. ,, 26 R. B. Croft. 
Hunton Bridge, Watford May 1 J.E.L. 
St. Albans .Mar. 28 Henry Lewis. 
Hertford.Apl. 11 G. Shrimpton. 
St. Albans .Mar. 22 Henry Lewis. 
Barton.Oct. 21 W. H. Hare. 
St. Albans .Apl. 25 Henry Lewis. 
Hunton Bridge, Watford Mar. 27 J.E.L. 
St. Albans .| ,, 23 Henry Lewis. 
Fanhams Hall, Ware. ,, 23 R. B. Croft. 
Hitcbin . ,, 26 W. Hill, jun. 
Hunton Bridge, Watford ,, 26 J.E.L. 
Watford .Apl. 4 C. Fry. 
Hunton Bridge, Watford Mar. 24 J.E.L. 
Watford .Apl. 11 A. Barraud. 
St. Albans . ,, 25 Henry Lewis. 
Hunton Bridge, Watford ,, 27 J.E.L. 
Hunton Bridge, Watford 
Odsey Grange, Royston.... 
H ertford. 
Watford . 
Cassiobury, Watford. 
Hailey Hall, Hertford .... 
Royston Heath . 
May 12 J.E L. 
„ 17 H.G. Fordham. 
Apl. 1 R. T. Andrews. 
,, 4 J. Hopkinson. 
„ 4 C. Fry. 
„ J 2 H. C. Heard. 
„ 15 E. 0. Fordham. 
* ‘ Ornithological Dictionary,’ ed. 1833, p. 544. 
