Report on the Migration of Birds in the Spring and Autumn of 1886. Eighth Report / (Vol. II, No. 3.)

REPORT ON THE MIGRATION OF BIRDS. EIGHTH REPORT, 1886. EDINBURGH: PRINTED BY M'FARLANE & ERSKINE, 14 and 19 ST JAMES SQUARE. 1887. Price Two Shillings.
EIGHTH REPORT.
(Vol. II, No. 3.)
EDINBURGH:
PRINTED BY M'FARLANE & ERSKINE, 14 and 19 ST JAMES SQUARE.
1887.
The following Report contains a summary of the investigations of a Committee reappointed by the British Association for the Advancement of Science, at Birmingham, in 1886, to consist of Professor Newton, Mr J. A. Harvie-Brown, Mr John Cordeaux, Mr W. Eagle Clarke, Mr R. M. Barrington, and Mr A. G. More, for the purpose of obtaining (with the consent of the Master and Elder Brethren of the Trinity House, the Commissioners of Northern Lights, and the Commissioners of Irish Lights) observations on the Migrations of Birds at Lighthouses and Lightships, and of reporting on the same at Manchester in 1887. Mr Cordeaux to be the Secretary.
The returns relating to Scotland have been arranged by Mr J. A. Harvie-Brown; for the East Coast of England, by Mr Cordeaux; for the West Coast of England, by Mr W. Eagle Clarke; and those for the Coasts of Ireland, by Mr R. M. Barrington and Mr A. G. More.
LIST OF STATIONS.
The usual schedules were sent to all the stations, except Tay Light-ship and Carr Rock. Twelve stations on the East Coast of Scotland have returned thirty-six schedules. Pentland Skerries gives the heaviest returns with nine schedules. Isle of May follows with eight schedules; and N. Unst is next in importance. Then Bell Rock with two, and Fidra with three, run it very close. We would like returns from Carr Rock and Tay Light-ship next season, and will forward schedules, &c.
We follow the same plan as in previous reports. The present year's returns are indicated by asterisks.
The migration values of the various stations of the Scottish Coasts are explained in the Report for 1884, p. 10, and need not be repeated here.