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2 REPORT ON THE MIGRATION OF BIRDS. 



Returns lg86 

 m 8 years, Actual MAINLAND. 



including , 



1886. returnS - Values. 



18 * 15. Dunnet Head, Caithness, ... Y. 



16. Holborn Head, Caithness, Y. 



1st * 17. Noss Head, Caithness, Y. 



18. Tarbat Ness, East Ross, ... Y. 



6 * 19. Cromarty, East Cromarty, Y. 



4 20. Chanonry Point, Elgin, Y. 



21. Covesea Skerries, Elgin, ... Y. 



22. Kinnaird Head, Aberdeen, Y. 



23. Buchan Ness, Aberdeen, ... Y. 

 1st * 24. Girdleness, Aberdeen, Y. 



25. Montroseness, Forfar, Y. 



8 * 26. Bell Rock, Fife Coast, I. 



26B.Carr Rock Lightship, Fife ) 

 Coast, | 



5 * 27. Isle of May, Firth of Forth, I. 



7 * 28. Inchkeith, Firth of Forth,... IY. 

 2 * 28B.Fidra, Firth of Forth, in- "i 



stitnted 1886, j 



29. St Abb's Head, Berwickshire, Y. 224 



Diary from the Stations. 



N. Unst. — John Nichol (principal) sends in seven well-filled 

 schedules. Mr Mchol has the following notes : " March, 

 25th. — I am told the Black Crows were not seen in former 

 years. Although a severe winter time, birds are much 

 earlier seen, also of various kinds. August. — Stormy Petrels 

 do not breed on this rock, but do so among the rocks on shore. 

 Puffins, Razorbills, Tysties, Kittiwakes, and a few Gulls, also 

 one pair of Seapies breed on the rock. Puffins are fewer in 

 number this year than in former times. September. — Much 

 greater movements in September 1886 than has been in former 

 years. I am told that on an island four miles to the west of us 

 Pictarnies breed in great numbers. None ever come near us." 

 Mr J. N. sends one schedule devoted entirely to Solan Geese, 

 and adds the note : " We do not see greater numbers together 

 than twenty at a time, and down to one. General occupation 

 is fishing; but flocks on 11th, 13th, and 14th October were 



