100 REPORT ON THE MIGRATION OF BIRDS. 



Cardigan Bay L.v. — A good many birds at lantern all night. 



Helwick L.v. — Two male Blackbirds and a Thrush killed at 

 11.30 p.m. 



Bull Point L.H. — A Blackbird struck at 5 A.M. 



Longships l.h. — Several Thrushes and Starlings all night ; a 

 few killed or captured. Puffins and Guillemots going south in 

 the morning. 



Eddystone L.H. — Numbers of Blackbirds, Thrushes, Eedwings, 

 Starlings, Larks, Finches, and " Flycatchers " from 9 p.m. to 5 

 a.m. (31st) ; a few striking, and two Blackbirds (females), two 

 Thrushes, five Eedwings, six Larks, and twenty-one Starlings 

 captured. 



Start Point l.h. — Blackbirds, Starlings, and a few small birds 

 at lantern all night. 



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October 31st. 



Langness L.H. — Three Blackbirds (one male and two females) 

 on lantern from 3 to 5 a.m. 



Dee L.v. — Hundreds of birds — *Thrush, *Missel Thrush, 

 *Blackbird, and *Skylarks killed. 



Skerries l.h. — A few Thrushes at midnight. 



Carnarvon Bay L.v. — Blackbirds and Larks passing to S.W. 

 in forenoon. 



Bardsey L.H. — Six Blackbirds, six Thrushes, and one Jack 

 Snipe killed at lantern. 



Cardigan Bay L.v. — A male Blackbird struck lantern. 



Bull Point l.h. — Six Blackbirds at 5 A.M. 



Eddystone l.h. — Numbers of Blackbirds, Thrushes, Eedwings, 

 Starlings, Larks, Finches, and Flycatchers, from 9 p.m. (30th) to 

 5 a.m. ; a few striking ; and two Blackbirds (females), two 

 Thrushes, five Eedwings, six Larks, and twenty-one Starlings 

 captured. 



Start Point l.h. — A few Larks at 3 A.M. 



Weather for Week, 21st to 27th November. 



During the week the distribution of pressure, temperature, and winds and 

 weather, were all continuously anticyclonic. The system was formed over the 

 British Islands on Sunday, the 21st, in a ridge which extended northwards from 

 a small anticyclone, which at that time lay over France. On the 24th the system 

 covered the North Sea, ^England, and the north-western half of France. For a 

 day or two more the anticyclone grew higher, temperature became very low over 



