﻿LAND-BIBDS 
  ON 
  NORTH 
  ATLANTIC, 
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  It 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  hoped 
  that 
  others 
  engaged 
  on 
  North 
  Atlantic 
  vessels 
  

   will 
  record 
  such 
  specimens 
  as 
  they 
  may 
  happen 
  to 
  meet. 
  If 
  each 
  

   ship 
  or 
  steamer 
  recorded 
  all 
  such 
  occurrences 
  as 
  take 
  place 
  during 
  

   a 
  year, 
  it 
  would 
  furnish 
  valuable 
  material 
  towards 
  our 
  knowledge 
  

   of 
  migration, 
  and 
  we 
  would 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  form 
  an 
  idea 
  of 
  the 
  num- 
  

   ber 
  of 
  birds 
  yearly 
  lost 
  in 
  this 
  ocean. 
  Probably 
  nearly 
  all 
  land- 
  

   birds 
  which 
  have 
  reached 
  this 
  country 
  from 
  the 
  American 
  

   continent 
  have 
  availed 
  themselves 
  largely 
  of 
  vessels 
  coming 
  this 
  

   way, 
  and 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  records 
  would 
  show 
  how 
  far 
  they 
  have 
  

   received 
  assisted 
  passages. 
  

  

  Before 
  concluding, 
  I 
  wish 
  to 
  record 
  my 
  best 
  thanks 
  to 
  Capt. 
  

   Yipond 
  of 
  E.M.S. 
  ' 
  Tunisian 
  ' 
  for 
  calling 
  my 
  attention 
  to 
  several 
  

   specimens, 
  and 
  to 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  Cook, 
  chief 
  officer, 
  for 
  making 
  out 
  and 
  

   verifying 
  positions 
  and 
  distances. 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  E. 
  Nichols, 
  of 
  the 
  

   Dublin 
  Museum, 
  has 
  very 
  kindly 
  examined 
  and 
  named 
  some 
  

   specimens. 
  

  

  