Report on the Migration of Birds in the Spring and Autumn of 1885. Seventh Report / (Vol. II No. 2)

SEVENTH REPORT.
(Vol. II., No. 2.)
EDINBURGH: PRINTED BY M'FARLANE & ERSKINE, 14 AND 19 ST JAMES SQUARE. 1886.
The following Report contains a summary of investigations of a Committee reappointed by the British Association for the Advancement of Science, at Aberdeen, in 1885, 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 Birmingham in 1886. 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 E. M. Barrington and Mr A. G. More.
LIST OF STATIONS.
This year, in order to decrease the bulk of the Report, the Committee decided that Ocean Notes be not printed in the Report, but separately. Messrs Gray and Swinburne having again kindly kept notes for us, these will be retained for future publication.
Our thanks are again due to the numerous Reporters, whose names are given under the Diaries of the two coasts.
Additions to our List of Stations are Fidra in the Firth of Forth, and also very shortly after this will be added a light-vessel off the Carr Rock, coast of Fife, holding an intermediate position between Bell Rock and Isle of May; and on the west coast the light upon Ailsa Craig. It is intended to introduce the electric light at Isle of May, and machinery and works are at present in course of erection.
We regret to learn that an order has been issued that lighthouse keepers shall no longer be allowed to read or write in the lantern-rooms; and we are glad that some little notice has been taken of the fact in the House of Commons on the 12th April 1886.