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April 15, Otvers Light- vessel. 



(contd.). Noon. 30 Black Ducks flying S.E. Calm and 



clear. 



,, 16. Varne Light-vessel. 



8.30 A.M. One Swallow flying N.N.E. Wind 

 S. 3. 



Owers Light-vessel. 



3 P.M. 2 Starlings seen. Wind W. 2. Misty. 



,, 16/17. Owers Light-vessel. 



3 A.M. A few Chiffehaffs and Nightingales seen, 

 10 killed. Wind S.W. 1. Fog. 



St. Catherine's Lighthouse. 



Midnight to 3 a.m. Thousands of birds around 

 the lantern, 99 killed. Many large birds seen. 

 Swallows, Blackcaps, Whitethroats, Willow- 

 Warblers, Chiffehaffs and Redstarts were present in 

 enormous numbers. Wheatears and Nightingales 

 in small numbers, with a few StarliiDgs, Wrynecks, 

 Tree-Pipits, Sedge- Warblers, Whinchats and Ring- 

 Ouzels. 



,, 17. Nah Light-vessel. 



7 A.M. 8 Swallows flying N. Wind S.W. 3. 

 Clear. 



,, 17/18. Anvil Point Lighthouse. 



Early morning. 60 or 70 Redstarts and Willow- 

 Warblers, 9 killed. Wind W. 4. Misty. 



Owers Light-vessel. 



2-3 A.M. A few Redstarts, Willow- Warblers, 

 Common Whitethroats and Rock-Pipits seen, 14 

 killed. Wind W. by S. 2. Fog. 



St. Catherine's Lighthouse. 



10 P.M. to 3 A.M. Enormous numbers of White- 

 throats and Willow- Warblers, with many Redstarts 

 and Wheatears and a few NightingrJes, Blackcaps, 

 Whinchats, Tree-Pipits and Sedge- Warblers seen, 

 71 birds killed. Wind W. 3, overcast, to W.N.W. 2, 

 with rain. 



