F. tinnunculus and nisus, a few shabby females. Subbuteo, a fine male.
19th, S.S.W., slight, light cloudy.—All the above, but altogether only slight migration.
20th, S.S.W., light, light clouds; P.M. and evening, S.S.E. to S.E. fresh, cool.—In trifling numbers. T. musicus and torquatus, Sy. trochilus, phœnicurus, cinerea, hortensis, atricapilla, and phragmitis. Sax. ænanthe and rubetra. Mot. flava, and some melanocephala; Anth. pratensis, and few arborea. Hir. riparia, some. Col. turtur, two to three. Char. squatarola, three. Tot. glottis, one.
21st, S.E., violent, overcast; A.M., stiller, S. rain; in evening, light.—T. torquatus, few. Sy. cinerea, hortensis, and atricapilla, tolerable. Nisoria, two to three. Mus. luctuosa, few males, the most females. Grisola, one in the garden. Sax. ænanthe, yet pretty many. Rubetra, many. Mot. flava, many females. Melanocephala, some. Anth. arborea and Emb. hortulana, few. Cypselus apus, pretty many, passing on overhead. Riparia, pretty many. Char. morinellus, ten to fifteen. Tot. glottis and smaller Totani, pretty many.
22d, S.E. and S. fresh, sunny, fine; in evening, violent, rain.—All the above, but not numerous. Some Sy. suecica and Sy. hypolais.
23d, S.W., very violent, rain; P.M., clear, lighter; in evening cool.—The above, but very singly. Lan. collurio, five to six, one female. Char. morinellus, a few females. The females of the latter known as being finest black, white, and rust-red coloured.
24th, westerly, slight, early thunderstorm, rain.—Almost nothing. Thunderstorm, as fog and hoar-frost, put a stop on almost all migration.
25th, W. and N.W., light, rain, during day fine, but thunderstorm clouds.—Everything, but quite scattered. A few Sylviæ, etc. Col. turtur, a couple.
26th, southerly, still; in night, rain, early clear; P.M., violent, highest cirri, and lower light clouds from N.W.; in evening, cloudy from S.W.—Early, much singing of Warblers, trochilus, curruca, cinerea, etc., in the gardens. In course of the day, but only scattered. Sylviæ and Mus. luctuosa, and a couple of grisola. During the night at about 2 and later, temporary fog.
27th, light, W. and S.W., cirri N.W.; early light fog, later thick; evening, clear.—Curruca, Redstarts, and Warblers as Chats, all tolerable, but not many; also Mus. luctuosa, young male and female. Mot. flava, Anth. arborea, and Emb. hortulana, pretty many. Col. turtur and Crex pratensis, some.