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Mr. J. K. Stanford, who had arranged to accompany me,, 

 got there on the previously arranged date, and the observations 

 therefore up to the 9th are his alone, while the subsequent 

 ones up to the 22nd are our joint work. Unfortunately, 

 Mr. Stanford was not provided with a permit to visit the 

 lighthouse at night, and so was unable to see anything of 

 the nocturnal movements which were visible, as it so happened^ 

 on those nights alone. He was able, however, to get an 



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BARDSEV ISLAND. EAST BAY AND LIGHTHOUSE PLATEAU. 



idea of what had happened during the nights in questiorb. 

 by, on the following mornings, looking over the bodies of the 

 birds killed against the lantern. 



l^or a description of the island Mr. Aplin's paper 

 above mentioned should be consulted, but it is necessary 

 in connection with the migration observations that 

 follow to mention here one or two of its geographical 

 features. It is about two miles long bj^ three-quarters 

 of a mile at its widest part, the northern end broad 

 and tailing off to a point at its southern extremity. It lies- 



