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never saw less birds than there is this winter." — Martin 

 Kennedy. 



Coningheg Light-ship. — ** Autumn : A great quantity of birds 

 passed this station last month. I have not seen so many birds 

 killed since I came to this station three years ago." — Patrick 

 Cullen. Nov., 1883. 



Barrels Rock Light-ship. — " Spring : I have observed very 

 few land birds passing this year, and none about the ship in 

 foggy weather, like other stations I have been at." 



Tuskar Rock. — '' Spring : A great absence of sea fowl this 

 year. I consider it owing to the scarcity of fish." 



Arkloiu North Light-ship. — " Autumn : As a rule all birds 

 give the ship a wide berth when passing, and it is very hard to 

 tell what they are. During thick foggy nights a large quantity 

 of small land birds are killed striking our lantern." — William 

 Daly. 



Copeland Island. — " Autumn : A number of sea birds of 

 different species resort to this locality in the autumn and winter 

 months for feeding purposes, and are seen in greater or lesser 

 numbers each day as the weather suits and feeding is plentiful. 

 They are Gannets, Cormorants, Puffins, Grey and Royal Gulls, 

 Sea-pies, 'Cranes,' Ducks, Teal, Curlew, and Sandpipers. None 

 of these breed in the vicinity. On Oct. 10th a rush of Larks, 

 Starlings, Linnets, Titmice, Thrushes, Blackbirds, *Grey' Plover, 

 and Snipe. Eighteen Starlings, six Blackbirds, twenty Larks, 

 twelve Linnets, eight Titmice, four Thrushes, three Plover, and 

 two Snipe killed striking lantern, and several injured but not 

 killed."— John Walsh. 



South Maidens. — '* Spring: No birds strike the lantern in 

 April and May. They do not strike until October. Twelve 

 Gannets, twenty-four Ducks, six Sea-pies, and twelve Wild Geese 

 are all the birds I have seen for three months." — Patrick Keenan. 

 — "Autumn: I arrived here Sept. 25th, 1883, and saw no birds 

 up to Oct. 15th, save Puffins, Sea Gulls, and Cormorants, and 

 Sand Larks occasionally. Thrushes, Blackbirds, and Larks are 

 rarely seen. Wild Duck do not strike the lantern glass."— 

 Michael Barry. 



Rathlin Island.—" k^Yii 12th: Blackbirds, Thrushes, Sky- 

 larks, Wild Ducks, Redshanks, Pigeons, and *Sea Coot' seem to 

 remain for the season. Autumn : I have never at any time 



