_Wolf Rock_ L.H.--A Blackbird killed at 5 A.M.
_Eddystone_ L.H.--Blackbirds, Fieldfares, Thrushes, and Redwings
from 6 P.M. to 4 A.M. (27th); about sixty killed. (For early morning
observations at this station see 25th October.)
_Portland Low_ L.H.--One Snipe killed at 7 P.M.
October 27th.
_Langness_ L.H.--Four birds struck between 7.30 and 9 P.M. A Starling
and a Common Thrush killed.
_Bahama Bank_ L.V.--Several Thrushes from 10 P.M. to 4 A.M. (28th); one
killed.
_Skerries Rock_ L.H.--Blackbirds, Thrushes, Larks, and Starlings from 8
P.M. to midnight; several killed.
_Nash_ L.H.--A Wren killed at 2 A.M. a Robin and Black Redstart killed
at 2.10 A.M. A Red-winged Starling[15] (_Agelæus phœniceus_) captured
at 3 A.M. Redwings at 10.40 P.M. a few killed.
[Footnote 15: Refer to the information given under this species in the
next section of the Report for full particulars of this interesting
occurrence.]
_Longships_ L.H.--A Goldcrest at lantern at 3.30 A.M.
_Eddystone_ L.H.--(See yesterday for information on this morning's
observations.)
October 28th.
_Langness_ L.H.--One Blackbird at lantern at 9 P.M.
_Morecambe Bay_ L.V.--Three "Dish Washers" (_Motacilla_) flying S. by
W. at 10.30 A.M.
_South Stack_ L.H.--Several Blackbirds and Finches flying round the
lantern all night.
_Carnarvon Bay_ L.V.--Finches and Linnets all day; "two Brown Linnets
captured."
_Helwick_ L.V.--A Thrush killed at 1.30 A.M.
_Nash_ L.H.--A flock of from 80 to 100 Skylarks passed S. at 9 A.M.
_Breaksea_ L.V.--Starlings, Larks, and House Sparrows from 7 to 10
P.M., flying round the lantern.
_Flatholm_ L.H.--Five Thrushes, four Blackbirds, one Lark, and six
Starlings killed between 1 and 3 A.M.
_Longships_ L.H.--Puffins and Guillemots moving south all the morning.
_Bishop Rock_ L.H.--A few birds at 3 A.M.
_Eddystone_ L.H.--Blackbirds, Thrushes, Redwings, and Starlings from
midnight to 3.30 A.M. many struck and lost over.
_Portland Low_ L.H.--One Fieldfare killed at 2 A.M.
October 30th.
_Selker_ L.V.--Thrushes and Larks all nip-lit; eight Thrushes killed.
_Skerries_ L.H.--Fourteen dozen Blackbirds, Thrushes, Larks, and
Starlings killed between midnight and 6 A.M. also a few Chaffinches
seen, but none killed. (Misty, rain.)
_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, Redwings, Starlings,
Larks, Finches, and "Flycatchers" from 9 P.M. to 5 A.M. (31st); a few
striking, and two Blackbirds (females), two Thrushes, five Redwings,
six Larks, and twenty-one Starlings captured.
_Start Point_ L.H.--Blackbirds, Starlings, and a few small birds at
lantern all night.
October 31st.
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