94 REPORT ON THE MIGRATION OF BIRDS. 



South Stack l.h. — Blackbirds, Thrushes, Larks, and Wrens at 

 4 p.m. ; several struck lantern ; a few killed. (S.E., 2 ; CM. R.) 



Cardigan Bay L.v. — A flock of Martins at 9 A.M., passing 

 S.S.W. 



Helwick L.v. — A large number of " Pinks " {Fringilla cartels) 

 passing to south at 7 a.m. 



Wolf Hock l.h. — Four Sea Swallows {Sterna) appeared at 2 

 p.m., and left for east at sunset. 



October 8th. 



Langness L.H. — A Hedge Accentor and a Wheatear at 4 p.m. 



Selker L.v. — A great many Thrushes from 2 to 5 a.m. ; two 

 killed. (S.S.E., 3 ; misty.) 



Skerries l.h. — Thrushes, Blackbirds, Wheatears, and Fly- 

 catchers at 4 a.m. ; some killed. (Calm, misty.) 



Cardigan Bay L.v. — Sixteen Skylarks and two Chaffinches at 



10 A.M. 



Portland Low l.h. — Twenty Swallows at 10 a.m. 



Weather for Week, 18th to 23d October. 



The weather during this period has been much quieter than last week, but con- 

 ditions have been by no means settled, and several depressions — mostly shallow 

 — have appeared in the neighbourhood of the British Isles. On the 17th the 

 deep disturbance which had crossed our Islands reached Holland, and was ap- 

 parently filling up. In the course of the day, however, a subsidiary disturbance, 

 more southwards, down our W. coasts. During the 18th and 19th the depression 

 over Holland and the subsidiary disturbance (which had then reached the Bay of 

 Biscay) dispersed gradually, and moderating north-easterly winds were reported 

 over the greater part of the United Kingdom. A depression was found in the 

 English Channel on the morning of the 20th ; this, in the course of the ensuing 

 24 hours, moved northwards to the North Sea, where it eventually dispersed. 

 Its progress was attended by very heavy thunderstorms over the midland and 

 eastern counties of England ; and on the 21st the phenomena were reproduced 

 over the northern districts. At the close of the week the weather over our islands 

 was under the influence partly of a well-marked depression over the Bay of 

 Biscay and partly of an anticyclone extending over Scandinavia. Easterly 

 winds, therefore, prevailed generally ; in the N. they were light in force and the 

 weather fair, but in the extreme S. they blew freshly with occasional rain. 



OCTOBEK 19TH. 



Langness l.h. — One Redwing at 9 p.m. A large flock of Wild 

 Duck at 5.30 p.m. (KE. ; fresh, showers.) 



Selker L.v. — A dozen Crows going S.E. at 10 A.M. 



