PREFACE. 



The following Eeport contains a summary of the investigations 

 of a Committee reappointed by the British Association for the 

 Advancement of Science, at Birmingham, in 1886, to consist of 

 Professor Newton, Mr J. A. Harvie-Brown, Mr John Cordeaux, 

 Mr W. Eagle Clarke, Mr B. M. Barrington, and Mr A. G. More, 

 for the purpose of obtaining (with the consent of the Master 

 and Elder Brethren of the Trinity House, the Commissioners of 

 Northern Lights, and the Commissioners of Irish Lights) obser- 

 vations on the Migrations of Birds at Lighthouses and Light- 

 ships, and of reporting on the same at Manchester in 1887. 

 Mr Cordeaux to be the Secretary. 



The returns relating to Scotland have been arranged by Mr 

 J. A. Harvie-Brown; for the East Coast of England, by Mr 

 Cordeaux ; for the West Coast of England, by Mr W. Eagle 

 Clarke; and those for the Coasts of Ireland, by Mr E. M. 

 Barrinoton and Mr A. G. More. 



