6th, S.W., fresh, clouds westerly; in evening, clear, light.—Nothing.
7th, light, clear, S.S.W., high clouds west, lower clouds south; P.M., S.E.; in evening, rain.—Very few Sylviæ. Wheatears and Chats, as M. flava; also some suecica; and about evening, some F. nisus.
At Cuxhaven and Bremen, fog.
8th, S.E. and S., light; early, rain; noon, clear, S.S.W.—F. nisus, jr., some. Mus. luctuosa, many. Sy. phœnicurus, suecica, hortensis, and trochilus, many. Sax. ænanthe and rubetra, pretty many. Mot. flava, very many; alba, some. Anth. arboreus, tolerable; Richardi, one. Emb. hortulana, many, all young. I. torquilla, some. Up. epops, one; appears scarcely ever in autumn here. Hir. rustica and urbica, as Cypselus, many. Picus major, one.
9th, S.W., windy, rain, low clouds, W. high clouds; in evening, N.W., violent squalls.—Mus. luctuosa, Sy. phœnicurus and trochilus, pretty many, in spite of the south-west wind and rain. In night, stormy—thunder, lightning, rain, and hail.
10th, W. by N. and N.W., stormy, rain squalls; in evening, light.—Luctuosa, phœnicurus, trochilus, pretty many in garden, under shelter of shrubs.
11th, S., lighter, overcast; noon, S.E.; P.M., rain.—The above, but not many. Sy. suecica, pretty many. Emb. hortulana, the first old birds. I. torquilla; Hir. rustica, urbica, and Cypselus; Mot. flava; Scol. gallinula.
12th, early, N. by E., fine, clouds N.W.; noon, wind W., clear; in evening, S.W., violent, rain; midnight, storm, No. 9.—The above, but few. Char. auratus and Tot. calidris, some.
13th, W., stormy, clear.—Nothing.
14th, W., moderate, clouds S.W., cirri N.W.—Hum. arquata, almost nothing besides; Anth. rupestris, the first.