18th, and 19th, W. and N.W., windy, very cold.—Nothing.
20th, W.S.W., very heavy, thick.—Nothing.
21st, N.W. to N., stormy, hail showers.—Nothing.
22d and 23d, N.E., hail, snow.—Nothing.
24th, E. by N., light, clear; in evening frost.—Nothing.
25th, E. by S., light, overcast.—Nothing.
26th, calm, overcast; in evening clear and cold, S.E., light.
F. peregrinus, one. Corv. cornix, very many. T. merula, less, nearly all old Scol. rusticula, thirty to forty shot. Ral. aquaticus, a couple. Sax. ænanthe, some [male]. Alauda alpestris, great flights. Fr. cœlebs, cannabina, and chloris, pretty many. Anth. pratensis and rupestris, do. Vanellus and Tr. alpina passing on overhead early.
27th, S.S.W. violent, overcast, cold; in evening ten o'clock fog.—F. æsalon [male]. Lanius major, one. Corv. cornix, early, a few great flights, very high, 1000 feet, passing on. Turdus, Fringilla, Anthus, stray birds. Sax. ænanthe, a couple old [male]. Fr. montana, some (the first). Col. palumbus, pretty many. Vanellus, early, pretty many. Scolopax, twenty to thirty been shot.
28th, N.N.W., slight; early overcast, later clear, fine.—Corv. cornix, single flights. Sturnus, some flights. Merula, pretty many, only half of them black. Musicus, some. Alauda, Fringilla, Anthus, few. Alauda alpestris, some flights. Woodcocks, 140 to 150 being shot. Sy. rufa, two in garden.