IRISH COAST. 97 



8^/i. — Kish Bank Lt.-ship, several flocks of Wild Ducks, wind 

 S.W., gloomy. Innishtrahull, one small Hawk, 10 a.m., wind 

 fresh S.E., hazy. 



9th. — Howth Baily, twenty- nine Crows flying to the south, 

 12.10 p.m., wind light S.W., gloomy. 



10th. — Eathlin Island, 600 Gulls, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., wind 

 fresh S.E., gloomy, on the water. Clare Island, flocks of Grey 

 Linnets, 7.30 a.m., wind strong S.S.W., cloudy, going S. Slyne 

 Head North, continuous flocks of Barnacle going S. from 9 a.m. 

 to 2 p.m., wind fresh S.W., rain. 



11th. — Oyster Island North, flock of Starlings and Lapwings, 

 11.30 a.m., wind light S.E., gloomy, Starlings apparently old 

 birds. 



12tJi. — Eathlin Island, 400 Gulls, 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., wind very 

 strong N.W., gloomy, on the water. Slyne Head Noi^th, one 

 Blackbird, 4 a.m., wind light S.W., misty, killed. 



ISth. — Kish Bank Lt.-ship, a flock of Chaffinches going from 

 E. to W., clear. 



14th. — No entry. 



15th. — Copeland Island, eleven Snow Buntings, 3 p.m., wind 

 strong W., went to mainland. Clare Island, small flock of Wild 

 Ducks, 4 p.m., wind very strong W., cloudy, ugly, going S.E. 



16th. — Howth Baily, seven Cormorants flying N., 11.15 a.m., 

 wind fresh S.W., cloudy. Eathlin Island, seven Gannets, 4 p.m., 

 wind very strong N.W., gloomy, going E. 



17^//. — Eathlin Island, thirty Linnets, 11 a.m., wind strong 

 N.W., showers, going S. 



18th. — Coningbeg Lt.-ship, four Gannets, 10 a.m., wind fresh 

 S., rain, flying E. Two Larks killed. Kish Bank Lt.-ship, a 

 large flock of Starlings going from E. to W., hazy. Copeland 

 Island, six Magpies, 10.30 a.m., wind fresh S.E., went to main- 

 land. Oyster Island North, fifty Barnacle, 10.20 a.m., wind 

 light S.E., rain, going S.E. 



19^/i. — Eathlin O'Birne, eight " Sepoys," 8 a.m., wind strong 

 S., overcast. 



20th. — Galley Head, fifty Golden Plovers, 1 p.m., wind fresh 

 E.N.E., clear, frosty, flying N. Coningbeg Lt.-ship, Gannets 

 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., passing E. and W. in two's and four's, 

 wind strong S.W., clear. Eathlin Island, seventeen Golden 

 Plover, 10 a.m., wind very strong W., clear, came from north, 







