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or Carrion Crows?) feed every day till 81st (I suspect these are 

 local Eooks from Cama Loch, but would like to know for certain). 

 Only some ten records in all — February, March, April, May, 

 June; and August, September, October (Kavens at Kyleakin), 

 November (Jackdaws at Sound of Mull, about 200 flying N. very 

 high, mod. breeze, sleet, showers). December 27th, two Kavens, 

 flying W. ; light E., clear. Six species. 



Cypselid^. — Three May records, all at Dhuheartach. Single 

 birds on 22nd and 23rd, flying E., with light S.E., clear; and 

 on 24th, one flying E., with W.N.W., and one found dead on 

 rocks. One species. 



CucuLLiD^. — Cuckoo records in spring, from — 



Stornoway, first heard on May 2nd ; N.E. breeze. 



Skerryvore, first heard at Land Station, Tyree, on June 1st. 



M' Arthur's Head, first on May 17th; light wind, clear. 



Ehinns of Islay, May 24th ; fresh W., haze. 



Corsewall, May 6th, and Loch Kyan on May 2ud; light N.E., 

 clear, and rain. 



Note. — During the first week in May there appears to have 

 been an indication of a migration of other species. 



The only autumn record is of one found dead at Khinns of 

 Islay on Sept. 1st. One species. 



Strigid^. — Only one record on April 27th at Dhuheartach, 

 where one rested on rock at ten a.m. ; light N.W. wind, and 

 haze. One species. 



FALCONiDiE. — A Falcon flying N., at Kyleakin, in February ; 

 a Hawk at Dhuheartach, flying round on 19th April, where in 

 autumn they make daily visits, and even in some seasons all the 

 year round. In September one Hawk remained a week here, 

 resting on the balcony at night, and feeding on small birds in 

 the day. A Falcon seen at Butt of Lewis on Sept. 1st, and a 

 Sparrow Hawk at Skerryvore on Sept. 1st, flying E. Two records 

 in October and one in December — a Falcon flying W. ; light 

 N.W. airs. About three species. 



Pelecanid^. — In uniformity with East coast, records of 

 Gannets, chronologically under each station, beginning in the 

 north, so far as records permit. The stations recording in 1883 

 are Butt of Lewis (82), Khu Stoir (83), Stornoway (84), Barra 

 Head (88), Kyleakin (90), Dhuheartach (95), Lismore (98), 

 M'Arthur's Head (101), Skervuile (102), and Lamlash (109). 



