PREFACE. 



The following Report contains a summary of investiga- 

 tions of a Committee, appointed by the British Association 

 for the Advancement of Science, at York, in 1881, to consist 

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

 Cordeaux, Mr. Philip M. C. Kermode, Mr. J. Hardy, Mr. R. 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 Commissioners of Irish Lights) observations on the 

 Migration of Birds at lighthouses and lightships, and of 

 reporting upon the same at Southampton in 1882. Mr. 

 Cordeaux to be the Secretary. 



An abstract of the Report was read by Mr. Philip 

 M. C. Kermode at the meeting of the Association, held at 

 Southampton, in August, 1882. 



The returns relating to Scotland have been arranged 

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

 England, by Mr. Cordeaux; the West Coast of England, 

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

 Mr. R. M. Barrington, and Mr. A. G. More. 



