27th, S., S.S.E. forenoon, fog; P.M. clear, fine.--All the above, but less in number. _Mot. lugubris_, fine [male].

28th, S.W., still, dense fog.--_Corv. frugilegus_, flights overhead passing. _Sax. rubicola_, two in the garden. _Mot. lugubris_, fine old [male]. _Emb. schœniclus_, a few. _Anser cinereus_, seventeen passing low overhead.

Report on the Migration of Birds in the Spring and Autumn of 1885 — Part 46

1st, early, 8 to 9, fog, still; later, N., light, clear; P.M., N.W., fresh.--_Merula_, early a couple hundreds.

Report on the Migration of Birds in the Spring and Autumn of 1885 — Part 46

2d.--_F. peregrinus_, one old bird. _Accentor_, several in the garden.

Report on the Migration of Birds in the Spring and Autumn of 1885 — Part 46

3d, S.S.W. to S.E.--_F. tinnunculus_. _Corv. frugilegus_, many. _Cornix_, few. _Alauda arvensis_, _Anth. pratensis_ and _rupestris_, few. _Fr. cannabina_, many. _Chloris_, fewer. _Char. vanellus_, ten to fifteen. _Auratus_, a couple.

4th.--Almost nothing: A few _Al. arvensis_ and _alpestris_. _Emb. schœniclus_ and _nivalis_.

5th, N.W., light, overcast.--_F. æsalon_, one old 6. _Corv. frugilegus_ and _Sturnus_, not many. _Merula_, several. _Al. arvensis_, very many, numerous flights overload passing. _Mot. lugubris_, a few females and young male. _Emb. schœniclus_, several. _Char. vanellus_, thousands. _Auratus_, hundreds. _Hiaticula_, twenty to fifty. _Num. arquata_ and _Fring. alpina_, many. _Scol. rusticula_, one.

6th, N.E., fresh, little wet snow.--_Milvus_, one. _Sturnus_, _merula_, and _scolopax_, several. _Al. arvensis_, several large flights. _Ans. albifrons_, one, one year old.

7th, N.W. to W., clear, cold 1 deg.--_F. æsalon_, one [male]. _Sturnus_ and _Alauda_, stray birds. _Anth. pratensis_ and _rupestris_, somewhat more.

8th, W., S.W.; in evening fog.--Nothing. A few _Mot. lugubris_. Few _Sturnus_. One Woodcock.

9th, N.N.W., windy, cold, now and then fine snow, and clear.--_Corv. cornix_, little flights. _Mot. lugubris_, a couple. Two Woodcocks.

10th, N.W., fresh, loose scattered clouds, cold.--Nothing.

11th, N.N.W., fresh; P.M., N.E., clear, cold.--_Merula_ and _Sturnus_, a few.

12th, W.N.W., slight wind, thick, almost fog.--_Merula_, _Anth. pratensis_ and _rupestris_, a few.

13th, N.W., fresh, misty.--Almost not a bird. A few miserable Pewits.

14th, N.N.W. to N., fresh, cold.--Nothing. A few _Mot. alba_.

15th, N.N.W., windy, cold, overcast; in evening fog till 1.30 A.M.--_T. merula_, tolerable, ten caught in bush, 8 old [male], 2 [female]. _Sturnus_, flights. _Mot. alba_, singly. _Vanellus_, early, some flights. Four to five Woodcocks. Several Snipes and Plover.