28th, S.W., still, dense fog.—Corv. frugilegus, flights overhead passing. Sax. rubicola, two in the garden. Mot. lugubris, fine old [male]. Emb. schœniclus, a few. Anser cinereus, seventeen passing low overhead.
March
1st, early, 8 to 9, fog, still; later, N., light, clear; P.M., N.W., fresh.—Merula, early a couple hundreds.
2d.—F. peregrinus, one old bird. Accentor, several in the garden.
3d, S.S.W. to S.E.—F. tinnunculus. Corv. frugilegus, many. Cornix, few. Alauda arvensis, Anth. pratensis and rupestris, few. Fr. cannabina, many. Chloris, fewer. Char. vanellus, ten to fifteen. Auratus, a couple.
4th.—Almost nothing: A few Al. arvensis and alpestris. Emb. schœniclus and nivalis.
5th, N.W., light, overcast.—F. æsalon, one old 6. Corv. frugilegus and Sturnus, not many. Merula, several. Al. arvensis, very many, numerous flights overload passing. Mot. lugubris, a few females and young male. Emb. schœniclus, several. Char. vanellus, thousands. Auratus, hundreds. Hiaticula, twenty to fifty. Num. arquata and Fring. alpina, many. Scol. rusticula, one.
6th, N.E., fresh, little wet snow.—Milvus, one. Sturnus, merula, and scolopax, several. Al. arvensis, several large flights. Ans. albifrons, one, one year old.
7th, N.W. to W., clear, cold 1 deg.—F. æsalon, one [male]. Sturnus and Alauda, stray birds. Anth. pratensis and rupestris, somewhat more.
8th, W., S.W.; in evening fog.—Nothing. A few Mot. lugubris. Few Sturnus. One Woodcock.