WEST COAST OF ENGLAND AND WALES, AND ISLE OF MAN. 89 



Dotterels, six or seven Curlews, and one Manx Shearwater from 

 1 1 p.m. to daylight ; about twenty struck glass. Three Wheat- 

 ears and one Manx Shearwater killed. (E.N.E., 2 ; overcast, 

 misty.) 



Eddy stone L.H. — Hundreds of Wheatears and Larks from 10 

 p.m. till 3.30 A.M. ; none caught. One Blackbird and one King 

 Ouzel seen. 



September 4th. 1 



Chickens Rock L.H. — Numbers of Stonechats and a few Curlews 

 flying round the light all night. 



River Dee L.v. — About three dozen *Wheatears round the light 

 all the night of the 3d and morning of 4th ; several killed, also 

 one young Sandpiper killed. 



Skerries Rock L.H. — About two dozen Lapwings and Curlews 

 and a few Larks flying round lantern from 9 P.M. to 10.30 P.M. 

 (S., 3 ; thunder and lightning.) 



South Bishop L.H. — A great many Wheatears and several 

 Wrens striking lantern windows from 12 P.M. to 3 A.M. ; several 

 killed, and a great many with broken wings. Several Black- 

 birds and Larks at 3 A.M. A company of Swallows at 11 A.M., 

 flying E. Mr Frost states, " the first we have seen for some 

 time." About half a dozen Stormy Petrels at midnight. (E., 4 ; 

 c. R. M.) 



Smalls L.H. — Numbers of Blackbirds, Starlings, Wheatears, 

 and Swifts from 3 A.M. till daylight; many striking, several 

 killed. (S.S.E., 2 ; o. R. M.) 



Longshijps L.H. — Several Larks and other birds unknown from 

 11 p.m. to 2 A.M. ; two struck; a *Bock Pipit killed. (S.E., 3; rain.) 



Wolf Rock L.H. — Six Wheatears striking lantern at 11 p.m. 

 (S., 3 ; c. r. v.) 



Eddystone L.H. — Hundreds of Wheatears all night ; thirty 

 killed. (E.S.E, 3 ; c. p. v.) 



Plymouth Breakwater L.H. — One Plover caught at 2.25 A.M. 

 (E.S.E., 3 ; o. D. m.) 



Start Point l.h. — A flock of about fifty small birds from 9 P.M. 

 to midnight ; two captured, a Wheatear and a " White-Breast." 

 (E.S.E., 2 ; c. G. P.) 



1 For meteorological conditions, see p. 87; 



