162 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
*Hoy Sound (Low), Orkney ; white, fixed. Alex. Harp. 
es (High) Orkney ; red and white sectors, fixed. W. Gordon. 
‘Cantick Head, Orkney ; white, revolving every minute. 
*Pentland Skerries, Orkney ; white, fixed. D. M‘Donald. 
*Dunnet Head, Caithness; white, fixed. George M‘Lachlan. 
Holborn Head, Caithness ; white and red, flash every 10sec. D. Charleson. 
«Noss Head, Caithness ; white and red, revolving every +m. Alex. Creig. 
*Tarbet Ness, E. Ross-shire ; white, int. visible every 24 m. W. Davidson. 
Cromarty, E. Cromarty; red, fixed. Robert 8. Ritson. 
Chanonry Point, Elgin ; white and red sectors, revolving every minute. 
Covesea Skerries, Elgin; white and red sectors, revolving every minute. 
Kinnaird Head, Aberdeen ; white and red sectors, fixed. F. Harvey. 
Buchan Ness, Aberdeen; white, flash every 5 seconds. Thomas Gallie. 
*Girdleness, Aberdeen; white, fixed. Wm. Gulcher. 
Montroseness, Forfar; white, fixed. Patrick E. Reid. 
«Bell Rock, off Coast of Fife; white and red revolving. James Jack. 
*Isle of May, Firth of Forth; white, fixed. Joseph Agnew. 
«Inch Keith, Firth of Forth; white, revolving every minute. R. Grierson. 
St. Abbs Head, Berwick ; white, flash every 10 seconds. Robert Seater. 
A general scarcity of birds is reported by a great majority of 
the observers on our east coast, which partly accounts for the 
absence of returns from several stations. Those sent in have been 
carefully prepared by the various reporters so far as materials 
allowed. Excluding Swans, Geese, Ducks, and Rock-birds, notes 
have been made on about twenty-eight different species. 
SEPARATE REPORT OF EACH SPECIES OBSERVED. 
At North Ronaldshay, an Owl—species unknown, but probably 
the Short-eared Owl, Asio accipitrinus—was seen on Nov. 38rd, 
flying south, at 10 a.m.; and at Dunnet Head a Horned Owl, also 
probably of the same species, struck three times, but got away. 
This was at 6 p.m. 
From Pentland Skerries we have all the records of hawks. 
Two early records (July 7th and 14th) may refer to autumn 
migration or not. Thus, “a black hawk” was seen on July 7th 
at 3 p.m., and on the 14th another of the same at 7 p.m. On 
Sept. 17th one hawk struck at 11.30 p.m. The species is probably 
the Sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus. 
Aceounts forwarded by other correspondents, however, show 
that Hobbies (Falco subbuteo, Linn.), visited the Lewis in some 
