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through the island, and their leaving the rookeries at Bridgend, 

 etc. ; also Jackdaws. No great migration recorded in November 

 of small land birds. (Compare with Monach Isles returns.) 

 Iceland Gull seen at head of Lochindaul on the 9th of February 

 18SS (in lit. 15th February 1888.) 



Lochindaul: Islay. — Mr James Edgar sends eight carefully 

 filled and interesting schedules. Eeports a Shearwater at the 

 lantern on 21st April; it rested all night. [No doubt the same 

 bird seen the day before at Ehinns of Islay along with the one 

 which was killed. This is interesting, as showing a line of 

 flight and the certainty bright lights have of luring birds to 

 them.— J. A. H.-B.] 



Lamlash. — Unsigned : one small return of five entries, between 

 March 10th and September 17th, of Curlews, Thrush. Cuckoo 

 heard. 25th April, Snipe and Geese. 



Ailsa Craig. — Our first returns sent from the " Old Eock " 

 are very full in interest, and date January 9th, 1887, to Decem- 

 ber 20th, occupying three schedules, by Mr William J. Dawson. 

 "An Eagle seen on the hill on 19th October and previously; 

 ' very large,' and probably a Sea-Eagle. Eemained for more 

 than three weeks. On 20th December a Carrier Pigeon was 

 chased into the yard by two Peregrine Falcons (a pair build on 

 the cliffs every season). They captured it next day. On the 20th 

 January 1888, another Carrier was seen with a paper attached 

 to it, and the Falcons were in pursuit of it. Most likely it 

 shared the same fate as the other." [If any one can throw 

 further light on this rather interesting note, we would be 

 obliged. It serves, at least, to show one danger which Carriers 

 may be subjected to. — J. A. H.-B.] 



" Very few birds come near this light, the lantern revolving 

 so rapidly. When I was at Pladda there were great rushes of 

 birds at different times both in spring and autumn, and large 

 numbers were found dead." [Our Committee has never received 

 a single return from Pladda. This chance note may yet be 

 valuable. — J. A. H.-B.] 



Corsewall. — Mr Eobert Laidlaw sends one well-filled sche- 

 dule, and notices the rushes of Blackbirds and Turdidw in 

 October, and of the same and Fringillidm (Linnets, etc.) in 

 November. 



Mull of Galloway. — Messrs Alexander Murray and John 



