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*Hoy Sound (Low), Orkney ; white, 6xed. Alex. Harp. 



,, (High) Orkney; red and white sectors, fixed. W. Gordon. 



Cantick Head, Orkney ; white, revolving every minute. 

 *Pentland Skerries, Orkney ; white, fixed. D. M'Donald. 

 *Dunuet Head, Caithness; white, fixed. George M'Lachlan. 



Holborn Head, Caithness ; white and red, flash every 10 sec. D. Charleson. 

 *Noss Head, Caithness ; white and red, revolving every i m. Alex. Creig. 

 *Tarbet Ness, E. Ross-shire ; white, int. visible every '2^ m. W. Davidson. 



Cromarty, E. Cromarty ; red, fixed. Robert S. Ritson. 



Chanonry Point, Elgin ; white and red sectors, revolving every minute. 



Covesea Skerries, Elgin; white and red sectors, revolving every minute. 



Kinnaird Head, Aberdeen ; white and red sectors, fixed. F. Harvey. 



Buchan Ness, Aberdeen; white, flash every 5 seconds. Thomas Gallie. 

 *Girdleness, Aberdeen ; white, fixed. Wm. Gulcher. 



Montrosewess, Forfar ; white, fixed. Patrick E. Reid. 

 *Iiell Rock, off Coast of Fife ; white and red revolving. James Jack. 

 *lsle of May, Firth of Forth ; white, fixed. Joseph Agnew. 

 *Tnch Keith, Finh of Forth; white, revolving every minute. R. Grierson. 



St. Abbs Head, Berwick ; white, flash every 10 seconds. Robert Seater. 



A general scarcity of birds is reported by a great majority of 

 the observers on our east coast, which partly accounts for the 

 absence of returns from several stations. Those sent in have been 

 carefully prepared by the various reporters so far as materials 

 allowed. Excluding Swans, Geese, Ducks, and Rock-birds, notes 

 have been made on about twenty-eight different species. 



SEPAKATE REPORT OF EACH SPECIES OBSERVED. 



At North Ronaldshay, an Owl — species unknown, but probably 

 the Short-eared Owl, Asio accijntrinus — was seen on Nov. 3rd, 

 flying south, at 10 a.m.; and at Dunnet Head a Horned Owl, also 

 probably of the same species, struck three times, but got away. 

 This was at 6 p.m. 



From Pentland Skerries we tave all the records of hawks. 

 Two early records (July 7th and 14th) may refer to autumn 

 migration or not. Thus, " a black hawk " was seen on July 7th 

 at 3 p.m., and on the 14th another of the same at 7 p.m. On 

 Sept. 17th one hawk struck at 11.30 p.m. The species is probably, 

 the Sparrowhawk, Accijnter nisiis. 



Accounts forwarded by other correspondents, however, show 

 that Hobbies {Falco suhbuteOy Linn."}, visited the Lewis in some 



