39. _Skelligs._--No entry in schedule. Remark:--"The only birds
observed at present in this locality are a few Gannets and Sea Gulls
occasionally."--Henry Gardiner.
40. _Calf Rock._ No reply. Destroyed by storm in Nov., 1881.
Daily Entries in Schedules, Sept., 1881, to Jan., 1882.
SEPTEMBER.
1_st._--Rathlin Island, eighty Swallows, 10 a.m., wind light S.E.,
clear; hovered about. Twenty-six Gannets, 11.30 a.m., going E.
2_nd._--Rathlin Island, eight Gannets, 5.30 a.m., wind light E., clear,
going E. Slyne Head South, continuous flocks of Gannets, 5 a.m. to
6 p.m., wind light S.E., clear, came from S.W.; remained for three
months. Arran Island North, about 200 Gulls, 5 a.m. to 6 p.m., wind
N.E., calm, clear.
3_rd._--Galley Head, Teal Duck, number not known, 1 a.m., flying N.E.,
wind N.E. fresh breeze, clear. Arklow South Lt.-ship, nine Gannets,
8.15 a.m., wind light E.N.E., gloomy, passing N.E. Rathlin Island, 200
Starlings, 10.25 a.m., wind light S.E., cloudy, old birds remained on
island. Clare Island, large flock of Grey Linnets, 6 a.m., wind light
E., clear, going S.E. Arran Island North, 200 Gulls different species
all day, wind light S.E.
4_th._--Arklow South Lt.-ship, two Gannets, 1.10 p.m., wind light
E.N.E., cloudy, passing N.E. Rathlin Island, seven Gannets, 12 noon,
wind strong N.E., misty, going E.
5_th._--Clare Island, large flock of Grey Linnets, 7 a.m., wind fresh
E.N.E., blue sky, going S. Slyne Head North, fifty Starlings, 10 p.m.,
wind fresh E., misty, three killed.
6_th._--No entry.
7_th._--Arklow South Lt.-ship, four Starlings, 10.15 a.m., wind light
W., cloudy, passing inland N.W. Howth Daily, six Cormorants flying N.,
11 a.m., wind light W., clear. Rathlin Island, forty Linnets, 11 a.m.,
wind light N.E., cloudy, going N. Arran Island North, twenty to thirty
Gannets, 5 p.m., wind light N.W.
8_th._--Barrels Rock Lt.-ship, five Gannets, 5.10 a.m., wind light
N.N.W., clear, going W.; four Gannets at 3 p.m., going W. Arklow South
Lt.-ship, four Gannets, 7 a.m., wind very light N.W., clear, passing
N.E.; three Gannets, 9.50 a.m., going same direction. Arran Island
North, thirty to forty Gannets all day, wind light N.W.
9_th._--Barrels Rock Lt.-ship, flocks of Linnets and Gulls, 12.50 p.m.
to 3.50 p.m., wind light N.N.E., showery; Linnets going N.E., Gulls
W. Arklow South Lt.-ship, five Gannets, 5.15 a.m., wind fresh N.N.E.,
cloudy, going N.; four Gannets, 11.45 a.m., going N.E.
10_th._--Kish Bank Lt.-ship, two Chaffinches, 7 a.m., wind mod. N.E.,
gloomy. Copeland Island, four Herons, 10 a.m., wind N.E., clear, coming
S.; Starlings all day, breed here; Terns breed on Mew Island, come in
May. Rathlin Island, one Curlew, 9.30 a.m., wind light S.E., rain.
Clare Island, small flocks of Rooks, 2 p.m., wind light N., fine, going
N.W. Arran Island South, thirty Starlings, 3.30 p.m., wind light N.E.,
clear, old birds going E.
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