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continuous flocks of "Boatswains" going N.E. ; wind E. May 

 17th and 25th, continuous flocks going S.W. and N.E., wind 

 S.W. and S.E. ; 27th, continuous flocks of Boatswains going 

 S.W., wind S.E. June 7th, flocks going S.W., wind N.E. ; 

 29th and 30th, flocks. 



Howth Baily. — Aug. 19th, large numbers in bay after fry. 



Rockabill. — July 1st, Sea Gulls about; 5th, Koyal Gulls all 

 day. 



Copeland Island. — Jan. 20th, number of Gannets and Gulls 

 feeding. 



South Maidens. — Sea Gulls always to be seen in immediate 

 vicinity of light. Aug. 30th, Grey and Boyal fishing. 



Rathlin Island. — March 29th, flocks of Kittiwakes all day on 

 water. May 22nd, two thousand Kittiwakes at noon on water. 

 Sept. 15th, thousands of Kittiwakes on the water; 25th, 

 thousands of Gulls. 



Innishtr ahull. — April 1st, several Gulls about island all day. 

 May 15th, Gulls and a pair of Koyal Gulls. 



Dunree Head.— March 3rd, 7th, 10th, and 20th, flock of Gulls. 



Tory Island. — Jan. 21st, four. Feb. 19th, four. 



Arranmore. — July 24th, large quantities of Gulls and young 

 ones on rocks. Dec. 8th, Skua Gull seen. 



Rathlin O'Birne. — Six to one hundred frequent island ; six 

 to twelve breed. The Koyal Gull is always here. 



Killybegs. — Sea Gulls all the year. 



Oyster Island, North. — Sea Gulls are about all the year. 

 " Some appear to have taken up their quarters fixedly." 



Eagle Island, East. — Sept. 11th, two to three hundred 

 Gulls (Grey and Kittiwake) all day after fish. Nov. 3rd, two 

 Grey Gulls. Very few Gulls this autumn. 



Blackrock, Mayo. — Jan. 20th, seven Koyal Gulls going S.E. 

 April 30th, small Gulls all day ; they breed here from this date 

 to the middle of August. Feb. 27th, Gulls. July 9th, seven 

 Koyal Gulls hovering. Sept. 23rd, five Koyal Gulls. Oct. 7th, 

 nine small Gulls ; 11th, five " cream-coloured Gulls," 7.30 a.m., 

 going W., wind strong N., squally. [These " cream-coloured 

 Gulls " of Blackrock, Mayo, were seen by the previous light- 

 keeper, Mr. Martin Kennedy, in August, 1881, and during April 

 and May, 1882. He calls them "North-American or cream- 

 coloured Gulls," and states that more than one or two were 



