110 REPORT ON THE MIGRATION OF BIRDS. 
DIARY OF THE PRINCIPAL MOVEMENTS. 
The order of the stations is from north to south. The wind 
and weather are given in parenthesis. For the weather the 
symbols of the Beaufort Scale have been adopted; + and the 
force of the wind ranges from 0 to 12. 
April 13th. 
Langness L.H.—Wheatears very numerous ; great numbers all 
night. Nine killed. (E.8.E., light, haze.) 
Bahama Bank u.v.—Fifty-two “Stonechatters ” (? Wheatears), 
at 11.30 P.M.; twelve killed, forty captured alive, also two Black- 
birds and six Daws killed at same time. (S. by E., 5, misty.) 
Bull Point u.u.—A Goldcrest at lantern at 9.30 P.M. 
April 18th. 
Rockeliffe, Cumberland.—Great numbers of birds passing in 
parties every fifteen minutes, at 8.45 p.m. until 11.30 P.M.,and 
perhaps later. They were passing in a N.E. direction at great 
speed, and calling. Mr Smith distinguished Geese, Golden- 
eyes,and Widgeon. (N.W., fine, clear, moonlight.) 
April 22d. 
Langness u.H.—Ten Sedge Warblers and three Wheatears on 
lantern, from 1 to 4 A.M. A good many Swallows flying north 
between 1 and 3p.m. One Grasshopper Warbler at 3 P.M. 
Bahana Bank u.v¥.—* About five dozen White and Blue Throats 
and Stonechats at 3 A.M., eight killed.” (S.W., 4; 0. BR.) 
Flatholm L.H.—Small flocks of Chiff-Chaff all night. 
October 8th to 12th. 
Chickens Rock u.u.—“From the 8th to the 12th of October 
large flocks of migrants were to be seen in the southern parts of 
the Isle of Man, and were principally composed of Thrushes, 
Starlings, Linnets, Redbreasts, Blackbirds, and Wrens.” 
1 Beaufort Scale.—s. blue sky ; c. detached clouds ; p. drizzling rain ; F. fog ; 
G. dark, gloomy; H. hail; 1. lightning; M. misty; 0. overcast; P. passing 
showers ; Q. squally ; R. rain; s. snow ; T. thunder; v. ugly, threatening ; v. 
visibility, unusual transparency ; w. dew. 
