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WEST COAST OF ENGLAND. 



^ Forms of enquiry and letters of instruction were sent to 

 thirty-nine lighthouses and light-vessels on the west coast of 

 England ; from twenty-nine returns have been received ; from 

 five, letters mentioning the scarcity of birds. 



The following are the stations from which co-operation was 

 asked, commencing with the most northerly. Eeturns have been 

 received from those marked with an *, and from those marked 

 with a f letters without returns : — 



110. fSt. Bees: on the Head, l.h. Fixed; visible S5 miles. Robert 



Pizey. 



111. ^i^Morecambe Bay, l.v. ; revolving red light, flash every 30 seconds. 



Fog signal, one blast every 2 minutes. Henry Clavell. 



112. vAir, L.H.; on the Point. Fixed, visible 9 miles, white, except over 



West Hoyle Bank, between the bearings of S.E. J S. and 

 W. i S., where it shows red. C. H. Aveston. 



113. Menai, l.h. ; on Trwyn du Point. Fixed, red ; visible 9 miles. 



Bell in fog ; three times in quick succession every 15 

 seconds. 



114. =:=Skerries, l.h.; Highest Island. Fixed, visible 16 miles. Fog 



signal, one blast every 3 minutes. J. Garrett. 



115. i^Holyhead Breakwater, l.h.; 66i feet above high water. Red; 



flashes every 7-J seconds ; visible 13 miles. Appears as a 

 fixed red light at a distance of 3 or 4 miles. Bell in fog 

 (three times in quick succession) every 15 seconds. Fog 

 horn nearly continuous uhen mail packets 2}assing into 

 harbour. Richard Prichard. 



lie. =:=North Stack, Fog Horn Station, l.h. Bell sounded during fog; 

 small white light revolving in 1^ min., occasionally shown 



j 40 feet above sea and 30 yards N. of S. Stack l.h. Gun 



fired e\eYy 10 minutes during fog when mail packets approach- 

 ing. John Harvey, gunner. 



IT. =:^South Stack, l.h. ; on S. Stack rock off" N.W. point of Holyhead 

 Island ; revolving every minute ; visible 20 miles. W. R. 

 Burgess. 



1^. -St. Judwall, L.H., 151 feet above high water, occulting, light of 

 8 seconds duration, followed by eclipse of 2 seconds, white 



