THE ZOOLOGIST'. 
THIRD SERIES. 
Vou. IV.] MAY, 1880. [No. 41. 
REPORT ON THE MIGRATION OF BIRDS IN THE 
AUTUMN OF 1879.4 
By Joun A. Harvie-Brown ano Joun Corpravx. 
EAST COAST OF SCOTLAND. 
PrintEeD forms of enquiry and letters of instructions were 
sent to twenty-six lighthouses on the east coast of Scotland. 
Thirteen stations have sent in returns, and thirteen have either 
sent in none, or have returned blank forms, owing to unusual 
scarcity of birds. The stations from which co-operation was asked 
are the following, commencing with the most northerly. Those 
from which returns have been received are marked with a *. 
*North Unst, Shetland; white and red sectors, fixed. Robert Burnett. 
Whalsey Skerries, Shetland ; white, revolving every minute. 
Bressay Sound, Shetland ; red and white alternately, rev. every minute. 
*Sumburgh Head, Shetland; white, fixed. William Anderson. _ 
*North Ronaldshay, Orkney; white, flash every 10 seconds. John Tulloch. 
Start Point, Orkney; red, fixed. 
*Auskerry, Orkney; white, fixed. Charles C. Irvine. 
+ I would here direct attention to another paper of mine bearing upon this 
_ subject, which was read at the meeting of the Glasgow Natural History Society on 
Sept. 30th, 1879, and forms patt of its ‘ roceedings’ for the Session 1879-80, now 
in the press. It forms a Report upon Migration of 1878, Journal of the severe 
winter of 1879-80, and Observations on the effects of the weather, under the different 
species of Mammals and Birds noticed. I read a similar Report on 1879-80 at the 
meeting of the same Society in March last—J. 4d. H.-B. 
