86 REPORT ON THE MIGRATION OF BIRDS. 



General Kemarks of Light-Keepers. 



Fastnet. — " Autumn : On the night of Nov. 2nd, the weather 

 being hazy, there was a quantity of all species of bu-ds came 

 from the N.E., and several of them were killed by striking the 

 lantern ; but what was most remarkable was the quantity of 

 large Moths, which I could compare to nothing but a heavy fall 

 of snow, they were so numerous. In bad weather a few Seals 

 frequent the rock, and a quantity of Gulls and Sea Parrots — the 

 latter I have frequently seen killed and eaten by the Eoyal Gull. 

 The Gannet is here all the year. No birds breed. On Nov. 

 2nd, from one a.m. to seven a.m., there were killed by striking 

 the lantern twenty-two Thrushes, eleven Blackbirds, four Wood- 

 cocks, seventeen Starlings, eight Linnets, five Larks, and seven 

 Eobins. Wind S.E., light, hazy." — James Walsh. 



Galley Head. — ** Spring : The flight of the Gannet and Puffin 

 is always to the west here. I have many times thought they 

 must pass east by some other route. The Grey-backed Crow 

 and Common Crow are seen all the year round. The Wagtail, 

 Stonechat, and other small birds have almost disappeared this 

 year. The Cuckoo I have not seen or heard this year. I have 

 never been at a station with less birds about than this one. I 

 am four years here, and there has not been one case of a bird 

 striking the lantern." — John Whelan. 



" Autumn : I arrived at this station Nov. 6th, and from 

 that date to the present from ninety to - one hundred Sea 

 Gulls are to be seen daily flying about the cliffs near the 

 Lighthouse. No birds of any other species have been seen 

 passing."— John Kelly. Feb., 1884. 



Old Head, Kinsale. — " Autumn : I have only seen some small 

 birds, such as Larks and Chaffinches, from Dec. 17th to Jan. 1st, 

 1884. There are Sea Gulls, Books, and Grey Crows seen here 

 all the year round, also two Falcon Hawks. Starlings com- 

 menced to leave here the last week of November. Larks, Wrens, 

 Titmice, and Twite Linnets are seen all the -year round, and on 

 the lake, three miles distant, large Duck, Widgeon, Coot, and 

 Waterhens. On Dec. 15th I saw a large flight of birds going to 

 the south at a great height, and suspect they were Golden Plover. 

 The Curlew never leaves the marffh three miles from here. I 



