III. Report on Birds in Danmark in i885. 595 



I.*) North Sea, Skagerak, Limfjord. 



1. Esbjerg L. H., Reske. Few, and decreasing. 



2. Ho ms Rev L. V., N. Kromann. About 7 — 800; 

 probably three times as many go over board. One night in 

 November i883 600 feil on deck. 



3. Bovbjerg L. H., E. Rasmussen. i. Remarks from 

 former keeper, Mr. Chr. Heering, now at Hanstholm. In 

 the first years (from 1877) about 600 killed or caught a 

 year; later strongly decreasing; the last year (1882 — 83) 

 barely 200, »The small birds would sometimes sit in large 

 numbers at the Windows all night, pecking and fluttering, 

 until dawn released those that had not worked themselves 

 to death. Sometimes I have caught small birds, carried them 

 away from the light and let them loose ; but it has gene- 

 rally been lost labour, as they came back again in most 

 cases." 2, Report from present keeper: 120 — i5o. 



4. ThyborÖn Kanal L. V., N. Nielsen, About 10. 



5. Lodbjerg L. H. (erected 1884), J. L. Winslöw. 

 In this autumn about 5o, none before. 



6. Hanstholm L. H., Chr. Heering. One of the assi- 

 stantkeepers, having been here from the beginning (December 

 1843), teils that very many birds Struck in the first twenty 

 years, and in undiminished numbers; but then decrease 

 began going on. Now about 180 are killed. »Whether the 

 strong decrease of birds striking the tower be due to de- 

 crease of their numbers in general, or to deviation in route 

 of migration, or to their learning to take care of them- 

 selves, I should not say, but generally the last is believed 

 to be the case.« 



7. Hirtshals L. H., E. Jensen. About 5o. 



II. Kattegat. 



8. Skagen L. H., M. G. Poulsen. This year about 100, 

 sometimes twice as many. Numbers will sit outside, dazzled 

 by the light. — The present keeper of Hirtshals L. H. teils 

 that during his appointment at Skagen the number of birds 



*") Sequence from the official list öf lights. 



