28th, southerly, light, fine, clear, highest little clouds, and cirri from W. and W. by N., warm; P.M. and in evening S.S.E., clouds from W.—Early, very many curruca, cinerea, hortensis. atricapilla, and trochilus singing by hundreds in the gardens. Later on Lanius major, one male. Mus. grisola, many. Luctuosa, the same, the latter mostly females. Mot. flava, few females. Anth. arborea, many. Emb. hortulana, but single. Cypselus, pretty many. Hir. rustica and urbica, the same. Caprimulgus, a couple. Col. turtur, strikingly many, ten to fifteen being shot.
29th, S.S.E. and S., light, clouds from W.; noon, wind suddenly N.W., violent, clear, thunderstorm clouds from S. by W.—All those as yesterday, but much fewer. Falco subbuteo, male. Tinnunculus, female. 31. grisola, many. Luctuosa, fewer, most female. Hir. rustica, urbica, and riparia, as Cypselus, pretty many. Cuc. canorus, one. Col. turtur, very many; these latter do not mind violent wind.
30th, S.W. fresh, clear, cirri W. and W. by N.—Early, nothing at all. The whole day nothing.
31st, S.W., violent, thick low speedy rain clouds; in evening, N.W., cold.—Of course not a single bird.
June
1st and 2d, N.W., fresh, very cold.—Nothing.
3d and 4th, S.S.W., lighter; in evening, 4° calm, very warm, clear.—Few. Sy. hypolais, one. Mus. grisola, pretty many. Col. turtur, very many, up to forty.
5th, S.S.W., light, clear, hot, every day outermost cirri, N.W., 26° C.—Seen, a great Grey Shrike, uniform coloured ash grey, band through eye scarcely marked. Mus. grisola, Hir. rustica and riparia, scattered. Col. turtur, many. Pyrrhula rosea? yellowish-green, white band on wings, larger than P. erythrinus, not obtained.
6th, S.S.W., clear, fine; P.M., N. and N. by E., overcast; in evening, cool.—Mus. grisola, singly; Hirundo, some. Col. turtur, several.
7th, E. by N. slight, early overcast; P.M., thunderstorm, rain, W.; in night fog.—Nothing. Sy. cinerea and Mus. grisola, quite few.