_Procellaria leucorrhoa_, Vieill., Leach's Petrel.--November 22d,
*Start, one captured at 10 A.M., resting inside one of the lantern
ventilators.
_Stercorarius catarrhactes_ (L.), Great Skua.--October 16th, Minehead,
Somerset, one seen along with other _Stercorariinæ_. (N.W., squally,
showers; sea very high.)
_Stercorarius pomatorhinus_ (Temm.), Pomatorhine Skua.--October 16th,
Minehead, Somerset, twelve, along with other Stercorariinæ. (N.W.,
squally; sea very high.)
_Stercorarius crepidatus_ (Banks), Richardson's Skua.--October 16th,
Minehead, Somerset, six, along with other _Stercorariinæ_. (N.W.,
squally; sea very high.)
_Puffinus anglorum_ (Temm.), Manx Shearwater.--September 3d, Bishop's
Rock, one killed.
_Puffinus ------?_, "Large Shearwater."--September 14th, Bishop's Rock,
"twenty Large Shearwaters during the day--not Manx Shearwaters."
_Colymbus glacialis_, L., Great Northern Diver.--December 21st, Hurst
Point, two injured against lantern in the early morning.
_Colymbus arcticus_, L., Black-throated Diver.--December 29th, Solway.
_Lomvia troile_ (L.), Guillemot.--Autumn: October 28th and 30th,
Longships, Guillemots and Puffins moving S. all the morning.
_Uria grylle_ (L.), Black Guillemot.--September 28th, Solway, a single
bird observed.
_Fratercula arctica_ (L.), Puffin.--Spring: March 3d, Bishop's Rock,
appeared. April 3d, Caldy, first appeared.
Autumn: October 16th, 25th, 28th, and 30th, and November 2d, Longships,
moving S.
Summary and General Remarks.
The Report for the West Coast of England and Wales, and the Isle of
Man, refers to the seasonal movements during 1886 of 104 species.
The first vernal migratory movement occurred on the 24th of March,
and was sustained until the 26th. During this interval _Phylloscopus
trochilus_, _Saxicola œnanthe_, _Pratincola rubicola_, and _Hirundo
rustica_, along with _Turdus iliacus_, _T. pilaris_, _Scolopax
rusticula_, and also _Turdus musicus_, _T. merula_, and _Alauda
arvensis_, were observed--all at the lanterns, save _Hirundo rustica_,
which occurred during the daytime. The weather prior to this
initiatory migration had been severe and unsettled, and the movement
was concurrent with the temporary prevalence of favourable conditions
(_see_ p. 82) over our Islands.
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