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STUDIES IN BIRD- D-MIGRATI 
Observed on the British and Irish Coasts, and Author of ite, Final’ 
Reports, 1896-1903, etc. 


With Numerous Illustrations and Maps 

EXTRACTS FROM A FEW PRESS NOTICES 
migration of birds than Mr Eagle Clarke, whose name has long been 
inseparably associated with the problems of this difficult but fascinating 
subject. It is certain that to the serious student of bird migration the 
volumes are indispensable.”—7he Atheneum. 
a he HERE is no other English Ornithologist better qualified to write on the t 
‘‘Mr Eagle Clarke’s unique experience makes this study of bird ieubs a ery 
interesting work. As editor of the records of observations collected from the lights on” 
the British and Irish coasts by a British Association Committee from 1880 to 1887 he ; 
found, as he tells us, that ‘vast though the data were, much desirable information was — 
still lacking.’ In order to fill these gaps he spent a month’s holiday in the Eddystone — 
Lighthouse, another month in even less agreeable quarters on board the Kentish Knock 
lightship in the North Sea, and further periods in Fair Isle, the Flannans, St Kilda, 
and other outlying islands. His investigations, especially those on Fair Isle, have 
added considerably to our knowledge of the occurrence of rare species in Britain; but 
he has performed a more important service in reducing the great mass of migration 
observations to intelligible order and explaining the singularly complex movements of 
birds in and through our islands, where many routes converge.”—T he Times, 
“Mr Eagle Clarke’s long-looked-for work is now before us, and as we should 
expect from the pen of so able an authority, we find these two volumes crowded with 
interesting and reliable information. These ‘Studies,’ as the author is careful to point — 
out, do not comprise the ‘last word’ in the fascinating and intricate problems of bird — 
migration, but deal solely with the author’s own experiences, helped by the records 
accumulated when he was on the British Association Committee for the Study of Bird 
Migration, and consequently this work touches only on migrations which affect the 
British Isles. On this score we find the work all the more pleasing, as here we have a 
book which is the result of years of observation in many remote and eminently suitable 
‘migration stations,’ written from first-hand knowledge, and free from the mass of 
wild speculations and theories which so frequently characterise the products of an 
armchair worker. 
‘Tn conclusion, we may say that we have nothing but praise for Mr Clarke’s book, | 
and congratulate him on bringing it to such a successful conclusion. It is eminently 
the product of a worker ; to the beginner in the study of migration it will pointoutthe 
right lines of investigation; to the student it gives much interesting matter for 
consideration, and it will be read with great pleasure by every ornithologist.” 
—British Birds. 
“Mr Eagle Clarke is to be most heartily congratulated on having contributed this 
extremely valuable and delightfully written monograph on one of the most interesting 
subjects in the world; and there can be no doubt that his countrymen owe him a special 
debt of gratitude for having placed at their disposal an immense amount of the most 
valuable information which has taken him so many years to collect. All bird-lovers 
should possess Mr Eagle Clarke’s volumes, and place them where they can constantly 
be referred to,”—Couniry Life. 

GURNEY & JACKSON 
88 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON, E.C. 
Oliver and Boyd, Printers, Edinburgh. 



