_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, Redwings, Starlings,
Larks, Finches, and Flycatchers, from 9 P.M. (30th) to 5 A.M. a few
striking; and two Blackbirds (females), two Thrushes, five Redwings,
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 the inland counties as the anticyclone increased, so that
early on the 24th minima were recorded as low as 27°. The centre of
the system now moved westward, and the temperature rose decidedly.
On the 25th the anticyclone moved to the westward of Ireland,
and had afterwards decreased in intensity. The winds during its
prevalence were light to moderate at most of the coast stations,
calm inland; but the most striking feature was the continued
prevalence of dense fogs. At the close of the week the system was
dispersing, and mild south-westerly winds were setting in on our
western and north-western coasts, with rain, increasing to strong
south-westerly winds, while large areas of low pressure skirted our
north-western and northern coasts.--(From Weekly Summary in "Daily
Weather Report," November 29, 1886.)
November 21st.
_Holyhead Breakwater_ L.H.--A Thrush killed at 6 A.M.
_Nash_ L.H.--Two Song Thrushes killed at 9 P.M.
_Breaksea_ L.V.--A few Fieldfares from 8 to 11 P.M.
_Eddystone_ L.H.--A Redwing and a Starling killed at 3 A.M. Twenty-one
Stormy Petrels captured between 6 and 12 P.M. They came to the light in
twos and threes, striking the lantern very gently.
November 22d.
_Langness_ L.H.--A great many Blackbirds and several Starlings at
lantern from midnight to 4 A.M. A Snipe at 10 A.M.
_Selker_ L.V.--Thrushes at 1 A.M. one caught and one killed.
_River Dee_ L.V.--Blackbirds, Thrushes, and Starlings; numbers killed.
_Carnarvon Bay_ L.V.--Thrushes, Blackbirds, and Larks at 1 A.M.
_Cardigan Bay_ L.V.--Several Larks, and other birds not known, flying
around the lantern all night.
_Helwick_ L.V.--Two Redwings killed at lantern.
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