3d, N.E., fresh, cold, clear; early, hasty cloud-flocks.—Nothing. F. æsalon and tinnunculus, of each a couple. Merula, passing the whole day singly. Al. alpestris, pretty many. Scolopax, singly.
4th, N.E., slight, cool, clear; in evening, E. by S., cloudy.—Nothing. Merula, passing singly the whole day. F. æsalon and tinnunculus, a couple. Al. alpestris, pretty many, flights of twenty to thirty. Scolopax, forty to fifty being shot.
5th, S.E., fresh, thick, cloudy; hasty clouds, low, loose; cold.—Early not a bird; during day few Starlings, Thrushes, Hedge Sparrows, and Shore Larks. Guillemots arrived by thousands in hatching places.
6th, S.E., pretty sharp, later, stiller, clear, not cold.—F. peregrinus, æsalon, and tinnunculus, pretty many. Corv. cornix, pretty many. Monedula, few. T. merula, few. Musicus, more. Pilaris, some. Rubecula and accentor, several.Sax. ænanthe, [female], and Mot. alba, pretty many. Al. alpestris, very many, passing on. Fringilla and Anthus, only few. Col. palumbus and Scolopax, not many.
7th, E., windy, overcast, cool; in evening, E. by N., rain.—F. peregrinus, æsalon, and tinnunculus, several. T. musicus, few; torquatus, a couple. Anth. pratensis, many; rupestris, few. Al. arvensis, alpestris, and arborea, small flights. Emb. miliaria, some. Fr. cœlebs, many on the move. Col. palumbus and Scolopax, some. Totanus glareola, one.
8th, E. by S., fresh, overcast, clouds moving from S.E. and S.S.E. past; night cold, from 11 to 2 fog; early, at 5 o'clock, again fog.—F. æsalon and tinnunculus, very many, passing on over the sea. Mot. alba and Emb. citrinella, pretty many. Miliaria, less; almost nothing besides.
9th, E. by N., slight, weather good, clouds from S.S.E.; in evening, east wind, dark; during night rain.—F. æsalon and tinnunculus, several. C. cornix and monedula, pretty many early. Turdus, almost none. Al. arvensis, pretty many; alpestris, very many. Sy. trochilus, two to three. Rubecula, many. Accentor, tolerable. Mot. alba, many. Anth. pratensis and rupestris, fewer. Emb. citrinella, many schœniclus, fewer. Fr. cœlebs, montifringilla, and cannabina, many. Par. major, many. Reg. flavicapillus and Sax. ænanthe, also pretty many. Scolopax, only a few. Sy. leucocyanea, two fine old [male], one of them nearly uniform blue.
10th, easterly, light, thick, fine rain; in evening W. and W. by N., light. During the past night, from 2 o'clock, very many Turdus and Saxicola migrating. During the day extremely many of all the above species passing over the sea.
F. peregrinus, æsalon, and tinnunculus, many; haliaëtos, one. Corv. cornix and monedula, pretty many. Sturnus, fewer. T. musicus, many; merula, fewer; pilaris, very many, great flights. Sy. rubecula, extraordinary many; not a single Sylvia besides. Accentor, pretty many. Sax. ænanthe, in astonishing numbers. Mot. alba, Anth. pratensis and rupestris, very many. Al. arvensis, very many; alpestris, in flights of hundreds. Emb. citrinella, miliaria, and schœniclus, singly. F. cœlebs, montifringilla, and cannabina passing in uncountable numbers the whole day till evening. Col. palumbus, about ten. Scolopax, none. Char. auratus, vanellus, and hiaticula, as Tringa and Totanus, very many migrating.
11th, easterly, light, dull, very fine drizzly rain.—During the past night, from 2 o'clock, extensive migration of Thrushes, Wheatears, and all sorts of Longshanks; particularly uncountable numbers of Pewits. F. tinnunculus, several. Strix otus, one in the garden. Turd. merula, pretty many, almost all [female]; musicus and pilaris, also many. Rubecula, very many; not a warbler. Accentor, few. Mot. alba, many; lugubris, one. Anth. pratensis and rupestris, many. Emb. citrinella and miliaria, many; schœniclus, fewer. Scol. rusticula, only a few. Gallinago, early, extraordinary many. Early in the morning Pewits, Plover, and hiaticula, extraordinarily numerous.