CONTENTS
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| EAST COAST OF SCOTLAND | [161] |
| Separate Report of Each Species Observed | [162] |
| EAST COAST OF ENGLAND | [172] |
| Separate Report of Each Species Observed | [173] |
| WEST COAST OF SCOTLAND | [189] |
| Separate Report of Each Species Observed | [190] |
EAST COAST OF SCOTLAND.
Printed forms of enquiry and letters of instructions were sent to twenty-six lighthouses on the east coast of Scotland. Thirteen stations have sent in returns, and thirteen have either sent in none, or have returned blank forms, owing to unusual scarcity of birds. The stations from which co-operation was asked are the following, commencing with the most northerly. Those from which returns have been received are marked with a *.
*North Unst, Shetland; white and red sectors, fixed. Robert Burnett.
Whalsey Skerries, Shetland; white, revolving every minute.
Bressay Sound, Shetland; red and white alternately, rev. every minute.
*Sumburgh Head, Shetland; white, fixed. William Anderson.
*North Ronaldshay, Orkney; white, flash every 10 seconds. John Tulloch.
Start Point, Orkney; red, fixed.
*Auskerry, Orkney; white, fixed. Charles C. Irvine.
*Hoy Sound (Low), Orkney; white, fixed. Alex. Harp.
" (High) Orkney; red and white sectors, fixed. W. Gordon.
Cantick Head, Orkney; white, revolving every minute.
*Pentland Skerries, Orkney; white, fixed. D. M'Donald.
*Dunnet Head, Caithness; white, fixed. George M'Lachlan.
Holborn Head, Caithness; white and red, flash every 10 sec. D. Charleson.
*Noss Head, Caithness; white and red, revolving every ½ m. Alex. Creig.
*Tarbet Ness, E. Ross-shire; white, int. visible every 2½ m. W. Davidson.
Cromarty, E. Cromarty; red, fixed. Robert S. Ritson.
Chanonry Point, Elgin; white and red sectors, revolving every minute.
Covesea Skerries, Elgin; white and red sectors, revolving every minute.
Kinnaird Head, Aberdeen; white and red sectors, fixed. F. Harvey.
Buchan Ness, Aberdeen; white, flash every 5 seconds. Thomas Gallie.
*Girdleness, Aberdeen; white, fixed. Wm. Gulcher.
Montroseness, Forfar; white, fixed. Patrick E. Reid.
*Bell Rock, off Coast of Fife; white and red revolving. James Jack.
*Isle of May, Firth of Forth; white, fixed. Joseph Agnew.
*Inch Keith, Firth of Forth; white, revolving every minute. R. Grierson.
St. Abbs Head, Berwick; white, flash every 10 seconds. Robert Seater.
A general scarcity of birds is reported by a great majority of the observers on our east coast, which partly accounts for the absence of returns from several stations. Those sent in have been carefully prepared by the various reporters so far as materials allowed. Excluding Swans, Geese, Ducks, and Rock-birds, notes have been made on about twenty-eight different species.