2d, S.E., light, warm, thick fine rain; in evening, E, fresh, cooler.--_F. æsalon_, _tinnunculus_, and _nisus_, _Buteo_, and _haliaëtos_; _Strix brachyotus_, pretty many. _Lan. collurio_, some [male]. _T. torquatus_, extremely many. _Musicus_, also many. _Pilaris_, very great flights. _Sy. cinerea_, _curruca_, _atricapilla_, _phœnicurus_, [male], all pretty many. _Trochilus_, only few. _Sibilatrix_, one. _Suecica_, some males. _M. luctuosa_. _Sax. ænanthe_ and _rubetra_, many. _Mot. flava_, many. _Anth. arborea_, extremely many; _pratensis_, fewer. _Campestris_, one. _Emb. hortulana_, extremely many. _Schœniclus_, some. _Fringilla_, but few. _Scol. gallinago_, few. _Gallinula_, many. _Char. morinellus_, several. _Auratus_, just ten. _Tot. glottis_, _glareola_, and _ochropus_, great contingent. _Tr. pugnax_, several. _Cic, alba_, one.

3d, E., violent, rain, cold.--_F. æsalon_ and _tinnunculus_, many. _Peregrinus_, one. _Haliaëtos_, one. _Strix brachyotus_, some. _Turd, torquatus_ and _musicus_, tolerable. _Sylviæ_, few. _Anthus_, few. Campestris, one. _Emb. hortulana_ and _Alauda alpestris_, some. _Totanus_, _Charadrius_, _Numenius_, singly. Altogether slight migration, too cold and too windy.

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4th, S.E., E., middling, dull, overcast; P.M., sun visible.--_F. peregrinus_ and _subbuteo_, males; _æsalon_ and _tinnunculus_, few. _Haliaëtos_, one. _T. torquatus_, early, very many. _Musicus_, fewer. _Sy. rubecula_, _curruca_, _cinerea_, _atricapilla_, _trochilus_, all, not many. _Suecica_, some males. _Mot. flava_ and _Anthus_, few. _Hirundo_ and _I. torquilla_, some. _Sterna cantiaca_, high overhead, with plenty noise, chasing by couples.

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5th, N.W., fresh, thick, cold, in night, N., fog; noon, sunny; in evening, W., clear.--_F. peregrinus_, _subbuteo_, _æsalon_, _tinnunculus_, the latter few. _T. torquatus_ and _musicus_, few. _Pilaris_, more. _Sylviæ_, altogether few. _Rubecula_, still many during the season. _Curruca_, _cinerea_, _atricapilla_, and _trochilus_, few. _Nisoria_, some fine males. _Phœnicurus_, still pretty many. _M. luctuosa_. many old males. _Sax. ænanthe_, still many. _Rubetra_, very many. _Mot. flava_, pretty many. _Anth. arborea_ and many. _Al. alpestris_, a flight of fifty and one of seven. _Emb. hortulana_, many. _Fringilla_, few. _Coccothraustes_, one, female. _I. torquilla_, some. _Cuc. canorus_, a fine male. _Char. morinellus_ and _auratus_, some. Sy. philomela, one caught at lighthouse, the first since about fifty years.

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