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speaking of these I believe the simplest way will be to take the 

 spring and autumn migration together, and I here simply write 

 down the results as they appear in the schedules. Cape Wrath, 

 April 20th, about 1000 Eazorbills, 2000 Puffins, and 2000 

 Guillemots arrived to breed; wind S., showers. Aug. 29th, about 

 2000 Eazorbills, 4000 Puffins, and 4000 Guillemots left; wind 

 S.E., clear. Or in other words, about twice as many left in 

 autumn as came in spring. " These birds have building cliffs 

 about three miles east of the Cape. The time of the day they 

 come is not known, nor the directions in which they come and go. 

 They come in one night, and go in one night." At Island Ghlais, 

 July 10th, about ninety Puffins, 4 p.m., flying S., haze, doubtless 

 a local migration for food; July 11th, about 200 Puffins, 1 p.m., 

 wind N., flying S.W., clear; July 22nd, numbers feeding on 

 herring-soil in shore ; Aug. 9th, numbers feeding on herring-soil 

 in shore. At Ushenish, May 30th, numbers passing; local 

 migration, strong S. wind. At Kyleakin, May 10th, numbers of 

 Guillemots passing E. all day; strong E.N.E. wind. At Sker- 

 vuile, July 21st to 27th, Marrots seen. Those seen at Island 

 Ghlais are almost undoubtedly bred at the Shiant Isles (see 

 former Eeport, 1879). 



Note, — I have no return this year from Dimnet Head, owing 

 to the absence of Mr. Geo. Maclachlan, the new keeper not 

 having sent me one, which I much regret. 



Gulls.— At Cape Wrath, April 12th, 300 " Sea Gulls" arrived 

 here for breeding on the cliffs below the lighthouse, between 

 7 a.m. and 8 a.m., wind E., clear; July 12th, from 300 to 800 

 Sea Gulls leave and passed to W., between 3 a.m. and 10 p.m., 

 wind E., haze and rain; April 20th, 200 Kittiwakes arrived; 

 Aug. 29th, 600 Kittiwakes left, wind S.E., clear. At Island 

 Ghlais, July 22nd, 500 to 600 Gulls and Kittiwakes, Puffins, &c., 

 feeding, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. ; wind S., light, clear; probably from 

 Shiant Isles. (See Mr. Anderson's notes on Gulls in mid- 

 Atlantic, under Thrush, antea p. 80). At Sound of Mull, Aug. 13th, 

 200 Kittiwakes, 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., flying N.W. in flocks of twenty 

 to thirty ; light W. wind, clear. At Ehuvaal, March 1st, about 

 four dozen, 10 a.m., S.W. wind to gale, rain and sleet ; May 1st, 

 about one dozen, 9 a.m., S.W. wind, clear ; Oct. 13th, twelve, 

 flying S., 7 a.m., variable, light, haze; Nov. 1st, Gulls (and 

 Curlews), 9 a.m., W. wind, clear. At Skervuile, June 8th, one 



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