. The birds of Berwickshire; with remarks on their local distribution migration, and habits, and also on the folk-lore, proverbs, popular rhymes and sayings connected with them . rds areseen on migration at the lighthouses on the Fame Islandsand the Isle of May, where the adjoining coasts are low,very few, if any, have been noticed at the lighthouse onSt. Abbs Head, where the coast is very high. In clearweather it is probable that the birds pass directly fromabove the German Ocean into the interior of Berwickshire,and there descend from their lofty flight. In apparentsupport of the above views
. The birds of Berwickshire; with remarks on their local distribution migration, and habits, and also on the folk-lore, proverbs, popular rhymes and sayings connected with them . rds areseen on migration at the lighthouses on the Fame Islandsand the Isle of May, where the adjoining coasts are low,very few, if any, have been noticed at the lighthouse onSt. Abbs Head, where the coast is very high. In clearweather it is probable that the birds pass directly fromabove the German Ocean into the interior of Berwickshire,and there descend from their lofty flight. In apparentsupport of the above views with regard to the routes bywhich birds on migration enter the county, it may bementioned that the recorded dates of the first arrivals inBerwickshire of some of the typical migrants as given inthe following tables have been compared with the corre-sponding dates of their first appearances at the Fame Islandsand the Isle of May, and it has been found that in someyears the birds were observed in Berwickshire before theywere noticed at either of these stations, while in other yearsthey were seen at the Fame Islands or the Isle of Maybefore they were noticed in this OENITHOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS, 329 Table of Oknithological Obseevations made in Berwick-shire from 1799 until 1887, including the earliest,latest, and average dates of the arrival and departureof migratory birds. ^ TRUE MIGRANTS. Birds which arrive iu springand leave in autumn. PASSERES. TURDID^.Ring Ouzrl (Turdus torqxiatus)Arrives in springSings Has youngLeaves in autumn (Saxicola cenatithe)Arrives in springNestsHas youngLeaves in autumn Whinchat (Saxicola ruhetra)Arrives in springLeaves in autumn Redstart (Phcenicura ruticilla)Arrives in springNestsHas youngLeaves in autumn Whitethroat {Sylvia rufa)Arrives in springSingsLeaves in autumn Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)Arrives in springSingsLeaves in autumn Garden Warbler (Sylvia sali-caria)Arrives in springLeaves in autumn *M . ^t S g tr ^ ^ &
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