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REPORT
ON THE
MIGRATION OF BIRDS
IN THE
SPRING AND AUTUMN OF 1881.
BY
Mr. JOHN A. HARVIE BROWN, Mr. JOHN CORDEAUX,
Mr. PHILIP M. C. KERMODE, Mr. R. M. BARRINGTON,
AND
Mr. A. G. MORE.
"It is much to be wished that some of the light-keepers of our lighthouses wouldmake notes of their observations concerning seals, whales, birds, fishes, and otheranimals. Such records would be valuable; and might not some of them occupytheir leisure hours in the study of Natural History?.... Interesting observationswould then certainly be made, and new facts added to our stores of knowledge."—'Chambers'sJournal,' p. 831; Dec. 23, 1876.
LONDON:
PRINTED BY WEST, NEWMAN & CO., 54, HATTON GARDEN.
1882.
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LONDON:
PRINTED BY WEST, NEWMAN AND CO.
HATTON GARDEN, E.C.
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PREFACE.
The following Report contains a summary of investigationsof a Committee, appointed by the British Associationfor the Advancement of Science, at York, in 1881, to consistof Professor Newton, Mr. J. A. Harvie Brown, Mr. JohnCordeaux, Mr. Philip M. C. Kermode, Mr. J. Hardy, Mr. R. M.Barrington, and Mr. A. G. More, for the purpose of obtaining(with the consent of the Master and Elder Brethren of theTrinity House, the Commissioners of Northern Lights, andthe Commissioners of Irish Lights) observations on theMigration of Birds at lighthouses and lightships, and ofreporting upon the same at Southampton in 1882. Mr.Cordeaux to be the Secretary.
An abstract of the Report was read by Mr. PhilipM. C. Kermode at the meeting of the Association, held atSouthampton, in August, 1882.
The returns relating to Scotland have been arrangedby Mr. J. A. Harvie Brown; for the East Coast ofEngland, by Mr. Cordeaux; the West Coast of England,by Mr. Kermode; and those for the Coasts of Ireland, byMr. R. M. Barrington, and Mr. A. G. More.
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CONTENTS.
| PAGE | |
| East Coast of Scotland | 1 |
| East Coast of England | 16 |
| West Coast of Scotland | 43 |
| West Coast of England | 58 |
| Irish Coast | 78 |
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