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good deal, but numbers kept flying on till daylight. There 

 were numerous Moths about the lantern on the nights of the 

 5th, 6th, and 7th." [Schedules give more interesting items. — 

 J. A. H.-B.] Mr Anderson adds the note : " I forgot to men- 

 tion that the weather has for the past few days been very close 

 and warm. On the morning of the 5th, at 2 a.m., the glass 

 stood outside at 62-^-°, and has been about 60° for several days, 

 with very heavy rain." On the 18th December occurs the 

 following note : " On the 18th I was inland for a mile or so, 

 and saw two flocks of Larks (about 1000 each), and a flock of 

 Starlings of from 1200 to 1400. I never saw so many Snipe 

 on this island before. By the 22d thaw had set in, and they 

 were all gone." [Note. — When we were shooting in Ardnamur- 

 chan in January 1887, though Woodcock were fairly plentiful, 

 we never saw Snipe so scarce in Mingary Park. The sudden- 

 ness of the rush, short space of time occupied, and complete 

 departure south in December at once accounts for this. — 

 J. A. H.-B.] 



Locliindaul. — James Edgar sends three well-filled schedules, 

 and observes that no schedules appear from our Eeport to have 

 been sent for some years back. We are very glad again to 

 receive schedules from Lochindaul, which appears to be a 

 favourable situation for observations. Mr Edgar's last station 

 was N. Unst, whence he sent us schedules. Mr Edgar says of 

 Lochindaul : " Yery few birds are attracted to this light, owing 

 to part of the light being red, and the land side of the lantern 

 being dark, although there are plenty of birds in the vicinity of 

 the station. Most of the observations I have made are during 

 the day time, and I only entered each species the first and last 

 time seen, and any unusual flocks seen during the season. I 

 gave up taking notes at end of October, owing to illness, and I 

 was invalided from then till recently" (dated 17th January 

 1887), "which accounts for the lateness of sending in the 

 schedules." 



Zamlash. — David M. Scott and Eobert Brown send a lio-ht 

 schedule, except on the 6th October, when they appear fully to 

 have participated in that extraordinary rush. " We could make 

 out Curlews, Lapwings, Thrushes, Goldcrests, Linnets, Black- 

 birds, Wrens — the lakgest number ever seen in one night at 

 this station;" further proving the magnitude and wide-spread 



