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III. — Diary of Principal Movements. 

 The order of the stations is from north to south. The wind 

 and weather are given in parentheses. For the weather the 

 symbols of the Beaufort Scale have been adopted;* and the 

 force of the wind ranges from to 12. 



September IMh. 



Dee l.v. — A Kobin killed at 10.30 p.m. (E. by S., 5 ; b, c, m.) 



Scarweather l.v. — Two Swallows at 11 a.m. 



Nash (E.) l.h. — Two Landrails and one Starling killed at 

 2.15 a.m. (E., moderate; misty.) 



Eddy stone l.h. — Several Wheatears, " Flycatcher species " 

 [Warblers], Wrens, and a few Larks, between 8 p.m. and mid- 

 night. Fifteen killed. (E., 5 ; o, r, m.) 



Start l.h. — A King Ouzel killed at midnight. (E.S.E., 4; 

 c, g, v, p.) 



September 15th, 



St. Bees l.h. — Numbers of Goldcrests at lantern at 11.30 

 p.m. (E., light breeze; misty.) 



Dee l.v. — Titlark and Chaffinch found dead at daylight. 



South Stack l.h. —Several Starlings and Wheatears between 

 9 p.m. and midnight. Several struck. (E., 4; o, m, r.) 



September 16th. 



St. Bees l.h. — Great numbers of Goldcrests from midnight to 

 daylight. (S.E., light breeze; gloomy.) 



September 17th. 



St. Bees 'l.h. — Large numbers of Fieldfares at 7 a.m. 



(S.S.E., light; b, c, m.) 



Bull Point l.h. — A Goldcrest at lantern at 1.30 am. (E., 1 ; 



bright.) 



September 29th. 



Longships l.h. — " A great host of Larks" at 4 am., "a lot 

 striking." (Drizzling.) 



* Beaufort Scale. — b = blue sky ; c, detached clouds ; d, drizzling rain ; 

 f, fog ; g, dark, gloomy ; h, hail ; l, lightning ; m, misty ; o, overcast ; 

 p, passing showers ; q, squally ; r, rain ; s, snow ; t, thunder ; u, ugly, 

 threatening ; v, visibility, unusual transparency ; w, dew. 



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