_Bahama Bank_ L.V.--Several Larks, Thrushes, and Starlings at 11.30
P.M. four "Grey Birds" killed.
_Selker_ L.V.--A great many Larks, Starlings, and a few Thrushes flying
about the light from 9 to 12 P.M. (Misty.)
March 26th.
_Langness_ L.H.--One female Blackbird killed, and two Redwings killed
on lantern at 4 A.M.
_Chickens Rock_ L.H.--Mr Black says: "The same kind of birds were to be
seen on this date as on the 25th, but very few struck, as the night was
clear."
_St Bees_ L.H.--Several Wheatears on the 26th and 27th.
_Carnarvon Bay_ L.V.--Hundreds of Thrushes and Larks all night, 40
killed and 20 caught; they left at daylight, flying towards the east.
(S.W., 5; G. M.)
_Nash_ (E.) L.H.--A Swallow rested on the lantern from 6.30 A.M. till 7
A.M., and then left and flew N.E.
March 27th.
_Langness_ L.H.--Several Starlings, a Lark, and a Chaffinch on the
lantern from 2 to 4 A.M.
_St Bees_ L.H.--19 or 20 Grey Geese at 6 P.M.
_Selker_ L.V.--Starlings and Blackbirds flying about the light at 3 A.M.
_Carnarvon Bay_ L.V.--10 Lapwings at 11 A.M. flying N.E. (N.W., 6; B.
C. V.)
_Eddystone_ L.H.--Blackbirds, Redwings, and Starlings in great numbers
from 9 P.M. to 3 A.M. (28th); 20 struck and lost over, four caught. (S.
by W., 4; C. R. M.)
_Plymouth Breakwater_ L.H.--One Thrush killed at 3 A.M.
March 29th.
_Langness_ L.H.--One Song Thrush and one Redwing struck between 10 and
12 P.M.
_Selker_ L.V.--A great many Thrushes, Blackbirds, Starlings, and Larks
from 12 P.M. to 2 A.M. One Woodcock struck, and was caught. "There were
also a great many other birds." (S.W., 3; rain, thick mist.)
April 5th.
_Eddystone_ L.H.--Two Red Linnets caught at 9 P.M., and two Ring Ouzels
caught at midnight. (S.W. by W., 5; O. D. M.)
Weather for Week, April 18th to 24th.
Generally fair, but until the close of the week temperature was
low for the time of the year, and frosts were experienced in the
north of Scotland. Barometric depressions prevailed southward and
south-westward of our Islands until the 23d, when a large and
well-defined low-pressure system approached us from the southward,
and passed in a north-westerly direction out into the Atlantic.
As its centre skirted our south-west coasts, moderate gales from
the E. or S.E. prevailed in the south of Ireland and south-west of
England.--(From Weekly Summary, "Daily Weather Report," April 26,
1886.)
April 19th.
_Langness_ L.H.--A Cuckoo seen at 10 A.M.
April 22d.
_Langness_ L.H.--One Common Wren at 4 P.M.
_River Dee_ L.V.--Flocks of Titlarks and Wagtails passing to the east
during the whole of the day. (E.N.E. to N.N.W., 2; C. V.)
Carnarvon Bay L.V.--Six Black Crows flying east at 8 A.M.
_Nash (E.)_ L.H.--Seven *Wrens at 10.30 P.M., three killed; the others
remained till daylight. (E., 3; B. M.)
April 23d.
_Chickens Rock_ L.H.--A Swallow at 9.30 A.M., flying N.E., and an
Oystercatcher and a Carrion Crow sitting on the rock.
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