Page:The Zoologist, 3rd series, vol 2 (1878).djvu/72

50

Oct. 9th. 10 a.m.; wind N.N.E., fresh breeze and clear. A Woodcock seen.—Noon; wind S.W., gentle breeze. Flock of Snow Buntings.

13th. 3 p.m.; wind S.S.W., strong breeze and clear. Flock of Pochard ducks (?) passed lighthouse.

14th. 7 a.m.; wind S.W., strong breeze and cloudy. First Grey Goose.

18th. 2 p. m.; wind S.S.W., fine and slight breeze. Flocks of Fieldfares.

20th. Noon; wind S.W., light breeze and fine. A Jack Snipe.

23rd. 2 p.m.; wind S.S.E., fresh breeze and fine. Flocks of Norwegian Crows.

Nov. 3rd. 3 p. m.; wind W.. gentle breeze and cloudy. Some Blackbirds.

26th. 4 p. m.; wind S., gentle breeze and misty drizzle. Blackbirds continually passing to the westward.

During October and November the only birds which actually struck the lantern and were killed were one Fieldfare, one Blackbird, and two Dunlins.

Oct. 10th. Two or three dozen Thrushes and Larks came against glass of lantern. Wind W.S.W., strength moderate, overcast.

Nov. 2nd. Several dozen Fieldfares, Thrushes and Starlings came round the lantern at 10.35 p m., and continued flying around the glass till 2 a.m. on the 3rd. Wind S.W., overcast, raining, moderate breeze.

10th. Fieldfares, one dozen; Thrushes about two dozen. Hour of striking 1.15 a.m. Wind S.S.W., moderate gale, overcast, squally and rain.

26th. Blackbirds, about sixty in number. Hour of striking 8.30 p.m. Wind S.W., fresh breeze, misty.

27th. Blackbirds, two or three dozen; struck at intervals between 7 and 8 p. m. Wind W.S.W., moderate breeze, misty.

29th. Blackbirds, eight or nine. Hour of striking 7 to 8 p. M. Wind S.W., strong breeze, cloudy.

About a dozen each time were killed and picked up, the rest flying away; with the exception of the last flock (29th) that passed, none were killed.

Oct. 9th. N., fresh breeze, cloudy; barometer at noon 30-20; thermometer 50. Large flocks of Grey Geese came into the Tees.