

124 REPORT ON THE MIGRATION OF BIRDS. 



11.30 A.M.; wind light E., overcast. [Leg and wing of Long- 

 eared Owl received.] 



Slyne Head, S. — March 8th, one " Grey Owl " on island. 

 October 19th, one owl on island, "grey, white, and yellow 

 coloured." November 5th, do. 



Arran Island, N. — October 18th, one " Brown Owl " shot 

 at noon. 



Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa grisola, Linn.). 



Coningoeg Light- ship. — September 21st, one killed striking. 

 [Leg and wing received.] 



Barrels Rock Light-ship. — June 1st, flock of small birds flying 

 N.W., 9 A.M. ; calm, thick haze, one killed against rigging. 

 [Leg and wing of Spotted Flycatcher received.] 



Tearaght. — October 2d, one Flycatcher shot 11 A.M. ; wind 

 light N.E. [Leg and wing of Spotted Flycatcher received.] 



Bed-breasted Flycatcher (Muscicapa parva, Bech.). 



ArMow South Light-ship. — October 23d, " several small birds 

 about lantern 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. ; wind fresh S.W., gloomy; several 

 killed and fell overboard; two sent by post." [Bed-breasted 

 Flycatcher and Black Bedstart received in flesh. — B. M. B.] 



Pied Flycatcher (Muscicapa atricapilla, Linn.). 



Fastnet. — April 12th, a small bird on rock, name unknown ; 

 wind light S.E., hazy. "This is the same sort as the one I sent 

 the leg and wing of (in 1886) which you thought was a Fly- 

 catcher ; was unable to capture it." [A Pied Flycatcher's leg 

 and wing was forwarded by Mr Dunleavy on October 5th, 1886. 

 See Beport for 1886, p. 128.] 



Missel Thrush (Turdus viscivorus, Linn.). 



Fastnet. — March 2d, 1.3.0 a.m., one striking, " seemed a very 

 large size ;" wind light S.W., hazy; 4th, two about light, 7 a.m., 

 one killed striking, a large size ; wind light S.E., hazy. 



Tuskar. — November 12 th, one killed striking. [Leg and 

 wing received.] Wind light E., cloudy. 



Blackrock, Mayo. — October 20th, three on rock; wind light 



