PREFACE. 



The following Keport contains a summary of investigations 

 of the Committee re-appointed by- the British Association for 

 the Advancement of Science, at Southport, in 1883, to consist 

 of Professor Newton, Mr. J. A. Harvie Brown, Mr. John 

 Cordeaux, Mr. W. Eagle Clarke, Mr. K. M. Barrington, and 

 Mr. A. G. More, for the purpose of obtaining (with the 

 consent of the Master and Elder Brethren of the Trinity 

 House, the Commissioners of Northern Lights, and the Com- 

 missioners of Irish Lights) observations on the Migration of 

 Birds at Lighthouses and Lightships, and of reporting on the 

 same at Montreal, Canada, in 1884. Mr. Cordeaux to be the 

 Secretary. 



The returns relating to Scotland have been arranged by 

 Mr. J. A. Harvie Brown ; for the East Coast of England, 

 by Mr. Cordeaux ; and those for the Coasts of Ireland, by 

 Mr. R. M. Barrington and Mr. A. G. More. No return has 

 been received by the Committee from the West Coast of 

 England and the Isle of Man. 



