I9I3- ■ Notes, 83 
Grasshopper- War bier on Migration at the Tuskar Light station. 
At noon on Monday, September 30th, 1912, Mr. Power, Lightkeeper, 
discovered a dead Grasshopper-Warbler on the roof of the dwelhng-house 
of the Tuskar hght-station. Post-mortem examination showed that the 
bird had been dead for some days before being discovered. The prevalent 
direction of the wind had been between south and east, and the force 
high enough to render the weather decidedly rough. It is very likely that 
the bird was carried by the strong wind against the lantern glass, and 
made an " incidental strike." That is to say the victim did not necessarily 
collide head-foremost. Indeed, the head-lesion in this case was of the 
most trivial kind, and consisted of only a few minute haemorrhagic spots 
at the posterior region, i.e., where the head joins the neck. But the 
back and shoulders were severely bruised. Now as the roof in question 
is situated on the north to the north-west side of the rock, the bird, 
when injured by contact with the glass, was, as it dropped senseless, in 
all likelihood, borne with the wind on to the roof. There, held up by 
boisterous weather, it probably skulked (even if it recovered the injury 
sufficient to enable it to fly), and died of exhaustion in a few days. 
I left the Tuskar light -station a few hours previous to the discovery 
of this bird, having carefully searched the roof up to a week before my 
departure. Having found no birds later than that time, one may safely 
argue that this Warbler visited the lantern, or at all events came on the 
roof, not before about September 24th, This makes the tenth specimen 
which I have collected in connection with my work on bird -migration at 
the above light-station. Of these specimens one was obtained in the 
autumn of 191 1, four in the spring of 1912, and five in the autumn of 
1912. 
C. J. Patten. 
The University, Sheffield. 
The Carrion Crow at Lambay. 
Mr. May's note on the Carrion Crow at Lambay {stipra, p. 45), is of 
much interest. This island has been so frequently visited by natui-alists 
it is remarkable that it should hftve hitherto escaped attention; moreover, 
we may assume occasional visits of the bird to the mainland, and here 
likewise the many keen observers from Dublin and elsewhere have failed 
to detect it. 
The " Carrion Crow" in the Belfast Museum was a Rook some years ago, 
and a nest near that town, supposed to belong to the Carrion Crow, was 
really that of the Hooded Crow. There is an old saying that " the mis- 
fortunes of others teach us caution," but our best thanks are due to Mr. 
May for publishing Mr. Mason's observation. 
Richard M. Barrington. 
Fassaroe, Bray. 
