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.
14th, W., moderate, clouds S.W., cirri N.W.--_Hum. arquata_, almost nothing besides; _Anth. rupestris_, the first.
15th, S.W., rain; noon, sunny; in evening, lightning, with clear sky.--Forenoon, nothing. Afternoon, _Sax. ænanthe_ and _Sy. trochilus_, single.
16th, S.W., fresh; early, rain; noon, sun visible.--Nothing during day. In evening, from 10 o'clock, migration of _Charadrius_, _Numenius_, and _Tot. calidris_; also many _Saxicola_, two score being caught at lighthouse.
17th, early, calm, clouds, S.W., thick rain; 8.30, easterly; 11 o'clock, thunderstorm, with torrents of rain; P.M., E.N.E., violent.--_Sylviæ_, but many scattered. _M. luctuosa_, tolerable. _M. flava_, many. _Emb. hortulana_, very many. _Sy. rubecula_, some. _Al. arvensis_, some. The first old Starlings and first old Wheatears. _Crex pratensis_, _Char. auratus_ and _vanellus_, several.
18th, E. by N., moderate, overcast; in evening, N., fine, cold.--During the past night, much migration. All Longshanks suiting the season numerous. _Turdus torquatus_, _Sy. phœnicurus_, _Mus. luctuosa_, and _Sax. ænanthe_, many at lighthouse. Early, very many. _Char. auratus_ and _Col. palumbus_. _Turd. torquatus_, many; _musicus_, fewer. _Sy. phœnicurus_, _suecica_, _cinerea_, _trochilus_, _rubecula_; very many. _Mus. luctuosa_, ditto. _Anth. rupestris_, very many; _pratensis_, fewer. _Emb. hortulana_, very many. _Crex pratensis_; _Scol, major_, _gallinago_, and _gallinula_, both the latter numerous; the first appears here always, but very single. _F. æsalon_ and _nisus_, some young. Altogether, very strong migration.