29th, S.E. and E., light, clear, warm.—Mus. grisola, pretty many; luctuosa, fewer. Sylviæ, few. Saxicola, pretty many. Mot. flava, some. Par. cæruleus, some. Ard. cinerea, a couple. Char. auratus, hiaticula, Tringæ, Tot. glottis and calidris; Tringæ, daily more or less. Num. phœopus passing. F. nisus, daily some.
30th, early, E.N.E., clear, fine, thick clouds northerly; noon, N., clear, cold.—Very slight migration of Sylviæ, Mus. grisola, Saxicola, and Emb. hortulana. Early a few flights of Num. arquata passing.
31st, N.W. and W., fresh, cloudy, cold; in evening, rain.—Almost nothing at all.
Note.—Until end of the month all the mentioned species, almost without an exception, young autumnal birds.
September
1st, N. by W., fresh, cool.—Very little migration. Sax. ænanthe, jr., pretty many. M. grisola, many in the gardens; luctuosa, few. Sylviæ, single. E. hortulana, scattered. Anth. pratensis, some, the first.
2nd, westerly, light, clear, warm, in evening, east.—Mus. grisola and luctuosa, many in the garden. Sy. phœnicurus, and trochilus, pretty many. Sy. suecica, some, the first. Sax. ænanthe and rubetra, many, young. Anth. arboreus, few. Emb. hortulana, pretty many. Hir. rustica, urbica, and riparia, tolerable.
3d, S.E. and S.S.E., violent, clouds from W.; in evening, rain, light.—The above, but fewer than previous day. F. nisus, some. Char. auratus, several.
4th, S.S.W., light, early, dull, then fog; in evening, E.N.E., rain torrents, violent N.E.—Pyrrhula erythrinus, one young bird. Anth. campestris, one. Sy. suecica, phœnicurus, and trochilus, Mus. grisola and luctuosa, Sax. ænanthe and rubetra—of all but few. Emb. hortulana, single. Mot. flava, a flight of at least 100. M. alba.
5th, S.W. and W., rain squalls, windy; in evening and night, lightning.—Nothing.