88 REPORT ON THE MIGRATION OF BIRDS. 



S.E., fresh, rain; and Jan. 9th, 1881, fifteen at 9 a.m. flymg 

 northwards, wind S., light, clear. At Douglas Head, Dec. 17th, 

 eight Geese were seen flying from E. to W. at 12 a.m., calm, 

 clear. At Butt of Lewis, Jan. 6th, six Wild Geese at 9 a.m., light 

 S.W. wind, clear ; came to the village about a mile off, stopped 

 two days; left, going S. At Island Ghlais, Jan. 4th, fifty Wild 

 Geese flying S., 1 p.m. ; wind N., fresh, clear. At Khuvaal, 

 Dec. 12th, six dozen seen, after stormy weather, in light S.W. 

 breeze. 



Note. — On Jan. 29th, 1880, four dozen, old and j'oung, 

 resident on Islay, were by Feb. 15th, 1880, reduced to about two 

 dozen. It is recorded in the Wernerian Societies Memoirs, in 

 a report from the light-keeper at Lismore lighthouse (which 

 report was not published in full), that most birds of a flock of 

 Brent Geese were killed against the building, and that one bird 

 passed through quarter-inch glass "like a shot" (Mem. Wern. 

 Soc, read Jan. 24th, 1835). 



Swan, Cygnus. — At Rhu Stoir, Dec. 25th, 2 p.m., flying S.E., 

 light N. wind, snow storm. (At Loch Inver, Jan. 1st, 1881, two 

 seen at a loch there.) At Butt of Lewis, Jan. 16th, two, stayed 

 four days at a village four miles off and left on 20th or 21st, 

 flying S. ; wind N.E., sleet. 



Ducks, Anatidce. — At Monach, Skerryvore and Dhuheartach. 

 At Dhuheartach, Oct. 12th, nineteen Eiders — sixteen males and 

 three females, noon, fresh N. wind, clear ; engaged in fishing. At 

 Monach, Oct. 27th, two flocks of Eiders, male and female, 3 p.m., 

 wind N., cloudy; "first arrival here from breeding-grounds." 

 At Dhuheartach, Oct. 28th, forty fishing round, light N.E.wind; 

 Oct. 29th, the same flock. These remain all the season, usually 

 arriving about Oct. 12th, but they do not land here; later in 

 arrival this year. 



Great Northern Diver. — At Monach, May 25th, two — male 

 and female — Great Northern Divers seen, wind S.W., fresh, 

 clear. These birds are seen at intervals all through the year, 

 three being the largest number Mr. Youngclause has seen at one 

 time ; he has shot three during the last five years. 



Red-throated Diver. — At Monach, May 22nd, twelve were 

 seen feeding in pairs along the shore ; wind N.W., fresh, 

 showers. 



Rock Birds, Natatores, — Razorbills, Guillemots, Puffins. In 



