WEST COAST OF SCOTLAND. TOs 
at 102 in October; wind always easterly. All November, indi- 
cations, but no great rush. No records in December, but one 1n 
January 1886. “A flock of sixty on 25th at 102.” Rooks and 
Jackdaws, few. Stations returning Corvide are in order of 
largest returns—102, far beyond all other stations; 86, 94 
(Jackdaws one), 101 (Rooks), 113. Species are in order of num- 
bers—Carrion Crows, Ravens, Rooks, Jackdaw. 
CypsELIDA.—29th April, one at 90 noted, and others at 90 
again on 15th September, the only records of Swifts. 
CucuLipa#,—Cuckoo, first heard 30th April at 90 (Kyleakin) 
and at 113 (Mull of Galloway). First heard at 101 (Sker- 
vuile) on 6th May, at 110 (Corsewall) on 8th May, and on 11th 
at 108 (Lamlash). No autumn records. 
STRIGIDA.—Grey Owl.—One large Grey Owl, 17th October, 
at ? (omitted in Ledger). 
FaLconipé.—April and June. Mostly, no doubt, local visits 
of “Hawks,” “Falcon Hawks,” “Sparrow Hawks,” at 86, 93, 94 
(daily in April). Also in autumn, of the same and Kestrel, and 
a “Large Hawk” at 102 on 11th November, flying east, wind 
S.W., haze; and at 98, 102, and 108, in addition to the above 
stations in spring. 
PELICANIDZ.—Spring records less numerous than usual. 
February, one at 101 on 8th; one at 101 on 27th March; two 
at 108 on 1st and 4th April, and two at 94 on 14th April; May, 
three records at 101—14th, 19th, and 29th; and June, four 
records, all light, at 94, 101, and 114. Curiously, records of 
Gannets or Solan Geese—as they are called—are seldom nume- 
rously returned on this coast. [VV.2—We would be obliged to 
our reporters at all the stations if, for next year, they would 
give up one schedule entirely to Gannets or Solan Geese, and 
enter daily observations of the species, including their numbers 
seen, occupation, direction of flights and of wind, hours of 
appearance and disappearance, etc.| In July a few itemed 
under three dates—lst, 12th, and 16th to 20th. None in 
August, September, October, or November, nor January 1886, 
except one of hundreds at 102, fishing close to rocks, on 
16th September, and the record of “Extra Nos.’ at 102 
on 2d October, showing their daily appearance, though not 
recorded. 
ARDEID&.—Herons: Few records, and none of any significance : 
