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flocks of 100 to 500, mostly seen in snow and frosty weather. 

 Starlings from September to March, morning and evening, 1000 

 to 5000 in a flock, seen with all winds, mostly in frosty weather ; 

 hundreds killed against lantern. • ' Missel Thrushes ' from Novem- 

 ber to March, 50 to 100 in each flock, most in frosty w^eather ; 

 seen at all hours ; a large number killed. Snipe from November 

 to March in flocks of two to four, in frost and snow ; some 

 killed. Woodcocks from November to March in frost and snow ; 

 some killed. Curlews, twenty to thirty in a flock,, from daylight 

 till dark ; seen all the year round. Wrens seen very seldom in 

 the spring. Blackbirds only seen in frosty weather ; some killed 

 by striking lantern. ' Titmouses ' seen in all weathers ; build 

 on the Eock. Stormy Petrels from March to September, at all 

 hours of the night ; build on the Rock. Larks in flocks of 100 

 to 300, only seen in frosty weather ; a large number killed by 

 striking glass. I have seen some strange birds rest here on their 

 passage to the mainland, but do not know their names. I have 

 seen a Hoopoe on one occasion rest here. There has been 

 a species of Sea Gull of a deep cream-colour on the coast last 

 August, supposed to be a North American bird. I have seen 

 large flights of Eooks rest here after coming in from the sea in 

 a S.W. direction, which seemed so much fatigued that they would 

 fall over after resting, and remain to be caught." — Martin 

 Kennedy. 



28. Blacksod Point. — No reply. 



29. Clare Island. — " The following varieties of birds build 

 their nests round the cliffs here ; they come on the 1st of April 

 and leave about the 20th of August : — Guillemots, Eazorbills, 

 Puffins, Kittiwakes." — James Eeilly. 



30. Slyne Head (North). — "The 'Purr' is the only sea-bird 

 that breeds near this station." They arrive in April and depart 

 in August. The arrival of birds to this island during the past 

 autumn and winter was very few in comparison with other years, 

 and the only reason I can assign for it is that we had very little 

 snow. During the snow of 1880 we had large flocks of Star- 

 lings, Thrushes, and Blackbirds arriving daily from the east." — 

 John Gillan. 



31. Slyne Head {South). — No general remarks. Schedule 

 partly fihed. — William Callaghan. 



32. Arran Island, North. — ** The only birds seen in the 



