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at 11 a.m., flying to S.E. Cardigan Bay L.V., many small flocks 

 of Starlings and Larks going S.E. and N.¥. South Bishop l.h., 

 thirty or forty Larks flying ronnd the rock at 7 A.M. Nash (E.) 

 L.H., Linnets and Eooks passing N. at 8 A.M. (W.S.W., 7 ; 

 c. Q. p. E.) Gulls, Crows, Rooks, and Starlings passing inland 

 from 7 A.M. to 3 P.M. 



November 5th. — Bahama Bank l.v., number of Thrushes and 

 Larks flying round lantern from 9 P.M. till 11 P.M.; one Lark 

 killed. (S.S.E., 6 ; o. M. K.) Selker L.v., Larks, Thrushes, and 

 Starlings at midnight ; three Thrushes killed. (4, S.S.E. ; 

 o. M.) Skerries Bock l.h., Starlings, Chaffinches, and Linnets 

 going N.W. from 8 a.m. to noon. Two Goldfinches flying about 

 island at 9.30 a.m.; "very rare." (KW, 5 ; b. c. v.) South 

 Bishop l.h., companies of Larks passing from 8.30 A.M. until 

 noon. Helwick l.v., a good many Thrushes during the night; 

 one killed. (W.S.W., 5 ; Q. M.) Nash (E.) l.h., Starlings, Larks, 

 Fieldfares, and Lapwings ; a good many passing to N.W. from 

 7 to 9 a.m. (N.N.W., 5 ; C. G.) Burnham l.h., flocks of Lap- 

 wings flying S. all day. 



November 6th. — Skerries Rock l.h., great quantity of Starlings, 

 Chaffinches, and Sparrows all day going about the island. 

 " We never noticed Sparrows here before." (E.S.E., 3 ; B. c. v.) 

 Holyhead l.h., seven Crows going E. in the morning. Carnarvon 

 Bay L.v., hundreds of Larks and Finches going E. in the fore- 

 noon. South Bishop l.h., about 200 Larks at 10.30 A.M. flying 

 N.W. A flock of Larks going E. at 4.30 p.m. Seven Green- 

 finches struck the lantern at 7.15 p.m. Helwick L.v., two to 

 three dozen Larks going E. at 9.30 A.M. Nash {E.) l.h., a good 

 many birds flying around the lantern, but only one Skylark 

 killed at 9.30 p.m. (E.S.E., 4 ; o. M. R.) Eddystone l.h., a Red- 

 wing and a Starling struck at 8 p.m. (E.S.E., 6 ; B. c.) 



November 7th. — Skerries Bock l.h., Short-Eared Owl shot on 

 island. Snipe on island at 2.45 p.m. Large flock of Starlings 

 settled on island at 7.30 a.m. (E.S.E, 4, to E.N.E., 7; clear 

 to misty, rain.) Carnarvon Bay L.v., Starlings and Finches, 

 * without number," going S.E. all day. Cardigan Bay L.v., sixty 

 or seventy " Black Crows " going W. at 10 A.M. South Bishop 

 l.h., several small flocks of Linnets during the morning ; ten 

 Crows at 10.30 A.M. going E. ; several Blackbirds on the rock ; 

 several birds flying round the lantern from 7 to 9.30 p.m. ; a 



