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numbers about light, 8 P.M. to 11 p.m. ; hazy, wind light N.E. ; 

 one caught ; 17th, three struck; wind light S.E., gloomy; 24th, 

 numbers all night around lantern ; wind fresh, clear. Novem- 

 ber 11th, one struck, 11 p.m. ; gloomy; 13th, one found dead. 

 [Leg and wing received.] 



Old Head } Kinsale. — March 4th, flocks alighted. October 

 4th, flocks flying N. ; 25th, several flying N. 



Mine Head. — March 1st, 2d, and 3d, striking occasionally at 

 night; fine; wind S. and S.E.; flocks in the fields. October 22d 

 and 23d, a few striking ; 25th, great flocks in fields. November 

 10th and 11th, about lantern all night. Plentiful to end of 

 January 1888. 



Coningheg Light-ship. — March 19th, flocks about lantern, 



9 p.m. to midnight ; gloomy, wind light E. ; twelve killed 

 striking. [Leg and wing received.] 20th, flocks about light, 

 midnight to 4 A.M. ; snow showers, wind light N.E. ; nine killed 

 striking. [Leg and wing received.] 26th, some about lantern 

 8 to 9 P.M.; clear, wind fresh W. October 19th, one; 21st, 

 several about light, 6 p.m. to midnight ; many killed striking, 

 dropped into the sea ; 22d, do., from 9 p.m. to midnight ; 23d, do., 

 midnight to 6 A.M. ; wind light, overcast each day; 25th, flock 

 going N. November 4th, one about ship ; 6th, " hundreds of birds 

 of various kinds, 5 to 9 p.m., about light ; dozens killed and 

 wounded; lots fell overboard" — [Perhaps some were Starling. — 

 E. M. B.] — hazy, with rain. 7th, Starling about light, 7 to 



10 P.M.; showers, wind fresh. November 8th, flock going N.E., 

 and several about ship, 8 to 4 p.m. ; 10th, flocks going N.W., 

 10.30 A.M. ; wind N.W., clear; several about lantern at night; 

 11th, two about ship; one killed at night; numbers of birds 

 killed striking, and fell overboard; 13th, about light; gloomy, 

 wind S.E. ; several killed ; 14th, about lantern, several killed ; 

 15th, do. ; on 11th, 13th, 14th, and 15th, numbers of birds 

 about ship, mostly Blackbirds, Thrushes, and Starlings. De- 

 cember 23d, several about light, midnight to 4 a.m.; wind 

 fresh N.W., showery. 



Barrels Rock Light-ship. — On night of March 1st, from 8 p.m. 

 to 2 A.M., and on 2d from 9 p.m. to 1 A.M., flocks passing to S.E.; 

 9th, flocks going S., 7.30 to 9 p.m. ; wind light, clear ; 22d, a few 

 going S. at noon; wind fresh W., clear. October 15th and 16th, 

 two flocks going N. ; 20th, three; 21st, small flocks, 9 p.m. to 



