82 REPORT ON THE MIGRATION OF BIRDS. 



March 2d. — Selker L.v., large flocks of Chaffinches at 9.30 

 a.m. going S.W. Fifteen Chaffinches going S.W. at 11.30 a.m. 

 (S., 1; 0. M.) Langness l.h., one Starling on lantern at 3 A.M. 

 One female Blackbird on lantern at 4.30 A.M., and four Black- 

 birds at 9 a.m. (Light S.W. ; haze.) Smalls l.h., Starlings and 

 Blackbirds striking window all night ; many killed. (W., 1 ; 

 o. v.) 



March 4th. — Langness L.H., a Lark on lantern at 3 A.M. 

 (Light S.W. ; haze.) Galdy l.h., twenty Puffins at 6 a.m. (S.W., 

 5 ; c.) Eddystone l.h., Blackbirds and Thrushes from 3 to 5 a.m.; 

 two caught. (E., 4 ; B. c. M.) 



March 5th. — Smalls l.h., Lapwings at 3 p.m. (E.S.E., 3; o. M.) 

 Five remained on the rock until the following day. Eddystone 

 l.h., Blackbirds, Missel Thrushes, Starlings, and Larks from 

 3 to 4 a.m. ; many striking. (E., 4 ; c. M.) 



March 7th. — Carnarvon Bay L.v., two Lapwings at 8 a.m. 

 " One fell alongside, and caught; it seemed fagged, out." (E.S.E., 

 2 ; M.) 



March 9th. — Eddystone l.h, numbers of small birds flying 

 around the lantern all night ; none striking. (Light and 

 variable ; CM.) 



March 10th. — Selker l.v., Larks and Thrushes all night; all 

 disappeared at daybreak. (Calm ; o. M.) St TudwaVs L.H., two 

 Blackbirds on the island at 10 a.m. Eddystone l.h., small birds 

 all night — Blackbirds and Thrushes resting on the roof. (E. ; 0.) 

 March 12th. — Bishop Rock l.h., "Puffins arrived. They are 

 seven days later than last year." 



March 15th. — Merionethshire, Woodcock, last seen. Nash 

 (E.) l.h., " A very great rush of birds flying before a very 

 heavy snow, from 8.30 a.m. to 3 p.m. (Wind E., 3; o. s.) 

 Two or three hundred birds could be seen at a time as follows : 

 Snipes, Lapwings, Golden Plovers, Starlings, Skylarks, Wood- 

 cocks (a few), Wild Duck, Teal, and many other birds which 

 could not be named, flying in the snow." 



March 17th. — Skerries Rock l.h., Thrushes and Starlings 

 throughout the night. (Calm, misty.) 



March 18th. — Selker l.v., one Woodcock, one Thrush, and 

 two Larks found dead on deck, killed during night. (S.E., 3 ; 

 snow, misty.) Nash (E.) l.h., eight *Pied Wagtails killed 

 between 1 and 3 a.m. (N.E., 2 ; b. c. m.) 



