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on lantern at 10.30 p.m., wing strong S:E. and haze. On 

 Nov. 6th one " Sandpiper" was killed at lantern at Island Ghlais 

 in a fresh W. breeze. In 1879 most northerly station was Island 

 Ghlais ; this year much more general. Earliest date in 1879, 

 Aug. 3rd; latest Nov. 20th. 



Snipe. — I have returns only from three stations, Island 

 Ghlais, Kyleakin and Douglas Head. The earliest at Kyleakin, 

 Oct. 11th, when two appeared in light E. wind and rain; at the 

 same station, Nov. 16th, one was killed on lantern at 2 a.m., in 

 light S. wind and haze. At Douglas Head, Nov. 18th, one killed 

 at midnight in snow, N.E. breeze. At Island Ghlais, Nov. 27th, 

 one was killed during a W. gale and haze and rain. 



Woodcock, Scolopax rusticola. — Commencing in the north we 

 have records of occasional birds at Cape Wrath, Khu Stoir, 

 Island Ghlais, Kyleakin, Ardnamurchan, Lismore, and Point of 

 Ayre. The earliest occurrence is noted at Island Ghlais, Sept. 

 23rd, seen half a mile from lighthouse. Then we have occurrence 

 at Point of Ayre, where one was killed at the lantern on nights of 

 Nov. 2nd and 3rd, at 7 o'clock, light S.E. wind, very foggy. At 

 Lismore, Nov. 20th, one seen at 11 a.m., light N.W. wind, clear. 

 The rush appeared most conspicuous from Dec. 10th, when 

 one was killed at Ardnamurchan, at 5.30 a.m., in strong W. 

 wind, with thick rain; at Kyleakin, Dec. 11th, when two were 

 seen at 2.30 p.m., moderate N.E. wind, snow lying on the ground ; 

 and at Khu Stoir, Dec. 25th, 26th and 27th ; on 25th, three, flying 

 south, light N. wind, snow ; 26tli, one, variable, and light 

 showers of snow; 27th, two, light, variable and clear; lastly, 

 at Ehu Stoir, Jan. 12th, two, light S.E. wind, clear. 



Note. — Northernmost Station, Island Ghlais, 1879. Earliest 

 record, Oct. 11th (Rhinns of Islay), 1879; latest record, Dec. 

 12th, 1879. So long ago as the date of the "Lays of the Deer 

 Forest," 1848, numbers of Woodcock are recorded as settling 

 about the lamps of the northern lighthouses, and evidence is 

 given from Cape Wrath (loc. cit., ' Notes,' vol. ii., p. 262). 



Wild Goose. — At Portpatrick, Aug. 6th, one was seen flying 

 S.E., in light E. breeze; at the same station, Jan. 13th, ten 

 were observed flying S., with a strong N. breeze. At Point of 

 Ayre, Jan. 11th, about twenty were seen flying S., with light 

 N.E. breeze. At Monach, Nov. 30th, eight were seen at 8 p.m., 

 flying westward, and settled on some rocks off the island, wind 



