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catchers from 9 A.M. till noon, flying S.W. (Wl.W., 3; B. 0. v.) 

 Skerries Bock L.H, Thrushes and Starlings flying round lantern 

 at 4.50 A.M. (W, 4 ; clear.) Holyhead Breakwater L.H, Larks 

 at 10 A.M. going S.E. (W.S.W., 4; cloudy.) Nash (E.) l.h. 

 Gold crests killed at 3.10 a.m. (W.1ST.W, 3 ; c. m.) Eddy stone 

 L.H, several Larks from 9 to 11 P.M. ; three killed. (Light and 

 variable ; B. c. v.) Portland (Low) l.h., a Goldcrest caught at 

 lantern at 9.45 p.m. (W, 3 ; B. c. M.) 



October 20th. — Langness l.h., one Bed wing caught on lantern 

 at 3 a.m. (Light S.W. ; clear.) One Swallow flying S.W. at 

 11 A.M. Chickens Bock l.h., three Black Swallows flying S.S.E. at 

 1 P.M. (N.W. fresh breeze ; haze.) Biver Bee L.V., very large 

 flock of birds, species not known, flying S.W. at 9.30 a.m. 

 (KKW., 3; b. c. v.) Skerries Bock l.h., Thrushes, Larks, and 

 Chaffinches round light from 8 p.m. to 4 a.m. ; seven killed 

 against glass. (N., 4 ; clear.) Holyhead Breakwater l.h., great 

 many Larks all day going E. South Stack l.h., a Thrush and 

 a Lark caught at lantern at 2.30 a.m. Carnarvon Bay L.v., 

 hundreds of Thrushes and Blackbirds going E. at intervals ; six 

 killed. (K, 4 ; B. c. v.) Nash (E.) l.h., two *Beed Buntings 

 killed at 1.30 a.m. (KKW, 2; c. M.) Eddy stone l.il, Lapwings, 

 Missel Thrushes, Bing Ouzels, Fieldfares, Thrushes, Redwings, 

 Starlings, Larks, Storm Petrels, and Sanderlings (? Dunlins), 

 from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. (21st). Two Bing Ouzels, three Thrushes, 

 two Bedwiugs, seven Starlings, four Larks, and one Sanderling 

 killed ; many striking. The Lapwings and Fieldfares did not 

 approach the glazing. One Missel Thrush did, but was not 

 caught. A lesser Bedpole caught. (N.E. to E.N.E., 3 ; c. v.) 



October 21st. — Chickens Bock l.h., Thrushes, Blackbirds, 

 Larks, Starlings, and Chaffinches, numbers killed, from 3 a.m. 

 till morning. (E. strong breeze; haze.) South Stack L.H., a 

 few Larks from 9 P.M. till midnight; several killed. Carnarvon 

 Bay L.v., very large flocks of Thrushes and Blackbirds going E. 

 at intervals ; two killed. (N.E, 3 ; B. c. V.) Cardigan Bay 

 L.v., flocks of Starlings, Larks, and other small birds going S.E. 

 and N. through the day. South Bishop L.H., hundreds of birds 

 of all sorts flying around the lantern from 11 p.m. to 2.30 a.m. 

 (22d); 272 killed, viz, "Larks," 146; Starlings, 64 ; Blackbirds, 

 38 (caught three old males) ; Thrushes, 24. Several birds seen 

 on the rock at daylight with broken wings. (S.E., 4 ; o. m.) 



