110 REPORT ON THE MIGRATION OF BIRDS. 



November 20th. — Helwick l.v., a few Larks and Starlings 

 around the lantern. (N.E., 4 ; o. M.) Breaksea L.v., many 

 Lapwings, Thrushes, Blackbirds, Starlings, and other birds, from 

 midnight to 4 A.M. (N.E., 5, 6 ; o. m. r.) Eddystone L.H., 

 several Starlings and Eedwings from 3.30 a.m. till 7 a.m. 

 (H.E,4; CM.) 



November 21st. — Chickens Rock l.h., one Fork-Tailed Petrel 

 flying about the rock at 7.30 a.m. One male Blackbird struck 

 the lantern and was caught at 9.30 p.m. (3, S.S.E. ; thick haze.) 

 Breaksea L.v, a *Coot caught at 5 A.M. (E.S.E., 4 ; o. F.) 



November 22d. — Chickens Rock l.h., one Eedwing struck 

 heavily at 2 a.m., but was lost over. Number of Crows from 

 daybreak till 9 a.m. going E. Ten Kittiwakes at 10 a.m. going 

 E. These birds are seldom here at this season in such numbers, 

 (3, E. ; clear.) South Bishop l.h., sixty to seventy Crows at 

 10.15 and 11.30 a.m. flying E. 



November 23d. — South Bishop l.h., seven flocks of Crows, of 

 from six to thirty in a flock, from 8.30 to 11 A.M., flying to E. 

 (E., 7 ; c. b. v.) 



November 24th. — South Bishop l.h., Crows passing E. in 

 single numbers from 9 to 11 a.m. 



November 25th. — Cardigan Bay L.v., a large flock of Lap- 

 wings flying round the lantern at 2 A.M. South Bishop l.h., a 

 flock of about thirty Crows at 10 a.m. flying E. 1 Eddystone l.h., 

 a few Eedwings from 1 to 3 A.M.; one caught. (W. by N, 4; o. v.) 



November 26th. — South Bishop l.h., a Magpie alighted on the 

 rock at 2 p.m. (S.W., 7 ; c. m.) 



November 28th. — Cumberland, a female Great Grey Shrike, 

 var. " major," shot at Cumwhinton, near Carlisle. 



November 29th. — Skerries Rock l.h., a few Blackbirds, 

 Thrushes, and Starlings flying round lantern from 5 to 6 a.m. 

 (S.E., 4 ; o. M. R.) 



DECEMBEE. 



December 3d. — Chickens Rock l.h., a number of Eazorbills from 

 early a.m. till 1 P.M. sitting on water. Skerries Rock l.h., a few 

 Eazorbills about to S.E. of island at 1.30 p.m. (S.W.,8; stormy.) 



1 Messrs Nicholas & Pell remark on the Crows passing this station since the 

 15th inst. : — "We never saw such a quantity of Crows pass before, during the 

 ten years we have been stationed here." 



