132 REPORT ON THE MIGRATION OF BIRDS. 



Crows, Kittiwake Gulls, Green and Black Cormorants, and Sea- 

 pies, are resident here. The Puffin arrives about 15th April, and 

 leaves loth Aug. Snipe are always to be found near a lake three 

 miles away, and Curlew, Wild Duck, Coot, and Waterhen are there 

 all the year. Autumn : Saw one Kook with white wings in a flock. 

 Birds very scarce. Not one Golden Plover seen. No bird struck 

 the lantern." — Martin Kennedy. 



Mine Head. — No reply. 



Coningbeg Lightship. — " Spring : Great flocks of Puffins pass 

 almost daily in the summer months from the Saltee Islands, 

 where they breed, going off during the day and returning in the 

 early morning [?B. M. B.] about sunrise. Several species of 

 Gull fly off during the day and return in the evening to the 

 rocks. No Gannets frequent the Saltees, but Cormorants in great 

 numbers." — Patrick Cullen. 



Tuskar Rock. — " Spring : No birds seen in January but sea- 

 fowl. A remarkable absence of sea-birds this year. March 25th 

 was the last day I saw Divers ; they generally return in Oct. 

 The young or Black Gannet have come since the 1st June in 

 small numbers, accompanied by some white ones. Autumn : I 

 have received the eight volumes of Morris' ' British Birds,' and am 

 sorry to say that all birds heretofore entered as ' Titmice ' were 

 probably Willow or other warblers, and ' Titlarks ' were Kock 

 Pipits. Most of the small land-birds rest on the rock for about 

 five minutes before flying to shore (seven miles distant). I enter 

 no sea-birds, as they mostly come and go with fish." — Bichard 

 Hamilton and Patrick D'Arcy. 



Howth Bailij. — " Spring : No birds observed migrating. 

 Gulls and Puffins in vicinity nearly always." — William Dunne. 



Rockabill. — " July 14th. Bats about light all night. Wind 

 light, S.W." — Joseph Hammond. 



[This is the first entry of Bats since the observation 

 commenced on Irish coast in 1881. Kockabill is five miles from 

 shore on the Dublin coast. — K. M. B.] 



South Maidens. — "From 1st to 25th March no birds seen 

 except Seagulls. It is remarkable how few of the birds seen here 

 strike the lantern glass. From the 30th March to the 23rd April 

 no birds seen here but the Solan Goose and Seagulls, the former 

 coming from the direction of Ailsa Craig. During December 

 there were scarcely any land-birds. The birds commonly found 



