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Helwick l.v. — " Some dozens of Willow Wrens and White- 

 throats were flying around the light all night, some falling dead 

 on deck, and dozens overboard." 



Flaiholm l.h. — Large flocks of Swifts and Starlings during the 

 day. (W., 3 ; c. M.) 



Eddy stone l.h. — A great many small birds, Larks, Wheatears, 

 and Warblers, from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. One male Ring Ouzel 

 caught. (E.N.E., 4 ; c. m.) 



September 24th. 



Chickens Rock l.h. — Four Goldcrests and two Thrushes struck 

 at 10.30 p.m. (Light breeze, S.W. ; haze.) 



South Stack l.h. — One Robin caught on lantern at 11.45 p.m. 

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



Flatholm l.h. — Large flocks of Swallows, Wagtails, and other 

 small birds all day, passing S.W. 



Bull Point l.h. — A number of small birds, " of two species " 

 [*Whitethroat and * Willow Wren], flying about the light at 4 

 a.m. ; four killed. (S., 3 ; 0. M.) 



Bishop Bock L.H. — Several Wheatears and " Furze-chats " 

 came to glass at 1 a.m. (N.E., 3 ; misty.) 



Eddystone l.h. — Great many Wheatears and Warblers, and 

 one Sand Martin, from 8 p.m. to 4 a.m. Two Ring Ouzels, 

 females, caught. (E. by S., 2 ; c. G. v.) 



Start Point l.h. — One small bird, and one " Whitebreast," 

 fluttering about the light at 9.30 p.m. (Calm; c. G. v.) 



Weather foe, the Week, 3d to 9th October. 



Up to the night of the 2d the conditions had been cyclonic and unsettled. 

 At the beginning of the week an anticyclone lay over the North Sea, while de- 

 pressions of considerable size, but of no great depth, moved northwards along 

 our extreme western coasts. South-easterly or southerly winds, therefore, pre- 

 vailed generally ; in the west they were strong in force, and the weather cloudy ; 

 but in the east and south-east light breezes and fine weather were reported. On 

 the 4th the thermometer exceeded 75° in many parts of England. By the 5th 

 the anticyclone had moved northwards to Scandinavia, and as it did so a second 

 high pressure system appeared over Spain. These conditions were accompanied, 

 as usual, by the formation of shallow depressions in the intervening regions, one 

 of which lay over the east of England on the morning of the 6th, subsequently 

 moving northwards to Scotland ; and a second, which advanced over our south- 

 west coasts on the 7th, and ultimately filled up over the north-east of France. 

 On the 9th a larger and much deeper depression had appeared in the west, and 



