9th and 10th, N.W., violent, cold.--Nothing.

11th, N., less wind, a little warmer.--Nothing.

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12th, W. slight, overcast; later on, clear from north. Cirri from N. and N. by E.--_Hir. rustica_, some. _Ch. auratus_, one in fine summer plumage.

Report on the Migration of Birds in the Spring and Autumn of 1885 — Part 58

13th, early, quite calm, clear, later S.W. and S.S.W., warm, fine; in evening, N.W. slight.--_Mus. grisola_, some. _Hir. rustica_, _urbica_, and _Cypselus_, ditto. _Caprimulgus_, one. _Col. turtur_, some.

Report on the Migration of Birds in the Spring and Autumn of 1885 — Part 58

14th, E., light, clear, warm, clouds from N.E.; in evening, fresh.--_Lan. minor_, two, very rare appearance here. _Hir. urbica_, some. _Cypselus_, many hundreds.

15th, E. by N., slight, clear, warm; P.M., N.E., fresh.--Early, many _Cypselus_, almost nothing besides. _Mus. grisola_. _Sax. rubetra_, and _Fr. montifringilla_, very single.

16th, N., fresh, clear, very cold, high clouds from W., low loose ditto from East.--Nothing.

17th, E.N.E., fresh; cirri from S.W.; low loose clouds from N.E., cold; about dusk, thick with rain from S.W., but wind E. by N.--Nothing.

18th, E. by N., slight; in evening N., windy, cold, clouds moving from N.W.--Nothing.

19th, N.W. to S.W., overcast, cool; P.M., thick with rain.--Nothing.

20th, 21st, and 22d, N.W., windy, cold.--_F. linaria_, one. _Hir. urbica_, four to five.

24th and 25th, S.E., clear, hot.--During the last days _Num. phæopus_ returning.

26th, N., early cold.--Also _Hir. urbica_ and _Cypselus_ overhead, but

27th, N. by W., warmer.--Can scarcely be birds that have done hatching. Young Starlings in hatch-box flew out on 26th.

28th, S.E., slight, cloudy; in evening, E.--_Fr. rufescens_, one young male, very faded, a slight rosy hue.

29th, E.S.E., clear, hot.--_Hirundo_ and _Cypselus_, many. _phæopus_, returning.

1st and 2d, E. by N., and N.E. and N., clear, fine, wind very cool, cirri from S.--_Hir. rustica_, several.

Until 6th, northerly to E.N.E., clear, during day hot, great dryness.--_Cypselus_, daily, pretty many, returning ones (?). _Numenius_ and _Char. hiaticula_, returning.

Until 9th, N.E. and E.N.E., clear, dry.--_Sturnus_, young birds, daily flights of twenty to fifty.

10th, easterly, clear, hot, dry.--_Sax. ænanthe_, one young, quite motley bird. _Sax. rubetra_, ten to twenty young birds. _Numenius_, _Char. hiaticula_, _Tot. glottis_, young birds.