VOL. xm.] NOTES FROM BAHDSEY ISLAND. 285 



manner for easier reading. The whole of the notes are 

 practically as Mr. Headley wrote them. 



The following passages are from a letter written by Mr. 

 Headley to me, and dated November 5th : 



" I have got back from Bardse}^ having seen much of 

 interest. On dark nights fiery shapes circled round the light, 

 and occasionally a little thud announced that some poor bird 

 had smashed in its skull. The wings were clearly outlined 

 and you could tell what make of bird it was. Big flights did 

 not begin till October i8th. The small birds never flew at 

 night, except the Larks ; most of the Larks flew by day, but 

 a few by night, for an occasional one got killed. The great 

 flocks of small birds continued from the i8th to the 22nd 

 inclusive. I believe Blackbirds, Thrushes, etc., passed over 

 all these nights, but were too high up to see. But when the 

 night was dark a good many high-flyers got killed at the light. 



I wanted to ask you whether there was a spell of cold 

 weather to the north and east from the i8th to the 25th, 

 causing these birds to migrate. From the 28th to the 30th 

 there was less migration and not many birds killed." 



The weather conditions for the periods mentioned were 

 looked up in the Daily Weather Reports, and communicated 

 to him. A few days previous to the dates mentioned cold 

 weather had set in over Scotland, the north of England, and 

 in north Wales. Snowstorms occurred over wide areas, and 

 the mountains were covered. — Edward T. Browne. 



Bardsey Island. 



27th September. — Atmosphere very clear ; Wicklow Moun- 

 tains (about seventy-five miles off) visible. 



Birds seen : Blackbird, Stonechat, Robin, Great Tit, Wren, 

 Grey Wagtail (two young ones), Meadow-Pipit, Rock-Pipit, 

 Starling, Chough (two and young family). Jackdaw, Carrion- 

 Crow, Kestrel, Cormorant, Heron, Oystercatcher, Redshank, 

 Curlew. 



28th September. — Atmosphere clear ; Snowdon (about thirty- 

 seven miles off) visible. 



A Wheatear, a Swallow, and a Heron. 



29th September. — Wind S. Occasional showers. 



No migrants seen. 

 30th September. — Wind S., not so strong as yesterday. 

 Weather finer. 



A Stonechat, a Sky-Lark, a Carrion-Crow, three Lapwings 

 and twelve young Turnstones. 



