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N.N.W. They appeared at all lionrs of the daj^ and night, but 

 most of the records apply to night migration. 



Starling. — The records of the Starling are very general ; the 

 most northern station given is Butt of Lewis, where the remark 

 is made that they generally strike. This year, however, the most 

 northern is Ardnamurchan Point, thence southward at Dhuhear- 

 tach, Sound of Mull, M'Arthur's Head, Skervuile, Rhinns of 

 Ishiy, Corsewall, Portpatrick, Mull of Galloway, and Point of 

 Ayr. The earliest date on record is Aug. 11th, at M'Arthur's 

 Head and Loch Ryan ; at the former, one struck at 10 p.m., in 

 S. wind, fresh, with haze ; at the latter, two struck at 1 1.80 p.m. ; 

 wind E., light, with fog. The latest date is Dec. 18th, when one 

 was caught at Skervuile at 11 j).m. ; wind S.W., fresh, with haze. 

 Thus the time occupied in passage was one hundred and thirt}' 

 days, but the last date may have been due to local influence and 

 keen frost at that time registered. The next latest date is Nov. 

 23rd, which would make the time spent in passage one hundred 

 and four days. Rushes took place more frequently than with 

 most species noted; thus, Sept. 19th, Oct. 12th to 25th, and 

 Nov. nth and 17th, may all be characterised as dates of rushes. 

 The most favoured localities were Corsewall and Portpatrick, for 

 frequency of records ; and Ardnamurchan Point, Dhuheartach, 

 Portpatrick, and Point of Ayr, for numbers of individuals. 

 Starlings do not seem to have any choice of wdnd, as far as 

 returns show. We find them migrating with N., W., and S.E. 

 winds in almost equal proportions, with a preference — but very 

 slight — to W. winds. They also pass or strike in E., S., and 

 N.W. winds, but in fewer numbers. We do not think any 

 deductions can be drawn from these data. But Starlings breed 

 at man}^ of the lighthouses or in their vicinity, so it is not always 

 easy to determine whether, in every instance, they are on 

 migration or not (as remarked by more than one rej^orter, e.g.j 

 Mr. Edgar, at the Butt of Lewis, &c.). Out of seventeen dates 

 reported on, only three show migration to have taken place 

 during the day, viz., at Portpatrick (in two instances), and 

 Ardnamurchan Point (3 p.m. in a gale). 



FiNXHES. — At Dhuheartach on Aug. 24th, one hundred were 

 seen and twenty killed between p.m. and 2 a.m., wind N.N.W., 

 with haze ; on Oct. 4th, six seen in afternoon, wind light and 

 variable, with clear weather ; again, on Oct. 8th, two were killed 



