_River Dee_ L.V.--Scores of birds about the light from midnight till 4 A.M. One young "Sand-Lark," one *Whitethroat, and one *Moorhen killed; one Gull caught alive. (E.S.E., 2; fog.) _Smalls_ L.H.--Quail in the morning; Kestrel seen on rock in the evening. (E.N.E., 1; O. M.) _Nash (E.)_ L.H.--Four *Nightjars at 2.10 A.M., one killed; fifteen to twenty *Common Buntings from 2.15 to 3 A.M., eight killed; fifty to sixty *Common Whitethroats from 2.15 to 3 A.M., twenty-four killed; twenty to thirty *Willow Wrens from 2.20 to 3.20 A.M., seventeen killed; six young *Cuckoos at 3 A.M., two killed; fourteen House Sparrows and one Robin killed at 3 A.M. thirty to forty Wheatears at 3.10 A.M., two killed; three Blackbirds from 3 to 3.15 A.M., one killed. Mr H. Nicholas says that on the 3d "there was an enormous arrival of small birds, the greatest number ever seen here at any one time." _Longships_ L.H.--Several birds from 9.30 P.M. to midnight; three struck; one Lark killed. (S.E., 3; misty and rain.) _Bishop Rock_ L.H.--About one hundred Wheatears, two Ringed Dotterels, six or seven Curlews, and one Manx Shearwater from 11 P.M. to daylight; about twenty struck glass. Three Wheatears and one Manx Shearwater killed. (E.N.E., 2; overcast, misty.) _Eddystone_ L.H.--Hundreds of Wheatears and Larks from 10 P.M. till 3.30 A.M. none caught. One Blackbird and one Ring Ouzel seen. September 4th.[14] [Footnote 14: For meteorological conditions, see p. 87;] _Chickens Rock_ L.H.--Numbers of Stonechats and a few Curlews flying round the light all night. _River Dee_ L.V.--About three dozen *Wheatears round the light all the night of the 3d and morning of 4th; several killed, also one young Sandpiper killed. _Skerries Rock_ L.H.--About two dozen Lapwings and Curlews and a few Larks flying round lantern from 9 P.M. to 10.30 P.M. (S., 3; thunder and lightning.) _South Bishop_ L.H.--A great many Wheatears and several Wrens striking lantern windows from 12 P.M. to 3 A.M. several killed, and a great many with broken wings. Several Blackbirds and Larks at 3 A.M. A company of Swallows at 11 A.M., flying E. Mr Frost states, "the first we have seen for some time." About half a dozen Stormy Petrels at midnight. (E., 4; C. R. M.) _Smalls_ L.H.--Numbers of Blackbirds, Starlings, Wheatears, and Swifts from 3 A.M. till daylight; many striking, several killed. (S.S.E., 2; O. R. M.) _Longships_ L.H.--Several Larks and other birds unknown from 11 P.M. to 2 A.M. two struck; a *Rock Pipit killed. (S.E., 3; rain.) _Wolf Rock_ L.H.--Six Wheatears striking lantern at 11 P.M. (S., 3; C. R. V.) _Eddystone_ L.H.--Hundreds of Wheatears all night; thirty killed. (E.S.E, 3; C. P. V.) _Plymouth Breakwater_ L.H.--One Plover caught at 2.25 A.M. (E.S.E., 3; O. D. M.) _Start Point_ L.H.--A flock of about fifty small birds from 9 P.M. to midnight; two captured, a Wheatear and a "White-Breast." (E.S.E., 2; C. G. P.) September 5th.