EAST COAST OF ENGLAND.
Printed forms of enquiry and letters of instruction were sent to thirty-six lighthouses and light-vessels on the East Coast of England, and two stations on the Channel Islands,—thirty-eight altogether, against thirty-six in 1881,—and returns have been received from thirty, a result which is very encouraging.
Independent reports have also been sent in from Heligoland, Seaton-Carew, and Redcar, Flamborough, Spurn, North-East Lincolnshire, and Northrepps, making a total of thirty-seven reporting stations, against thirty-two in 1881.
I have again to thank H. Gätke, T. H. Nelson, C. Donald Thompson, Matthew Bailey, William Eagle Clarke, H. Bendelack Hewetson, M.D., and J. H. Gurney, jun., for their general kind co-operation and assistance in the enquiry.
Special thanks are also given to all my kind and painstaking observers on the lighthouses and light-vessels whose names are given in the report. While thanks are due to all, it may perhaps be not invidious to mention the very excellent returns received from the Farne Island stations, the Longstone and Inner Farne lighthouses, no less than eleven well-filled schedules having been sent in.
The east coast stations are as follows, those making returns being marked with a star (*):—
† For nature of light, and position and description of station, see report for 1880.
| *Longstone L.H.† | Thomas O. Hall & James W. Parsons. |
| *Inner Farne L.H. | Thomas H. Cutting. |
| *No. 5 Buoy, Teesmouth L.V. | Henry Harbord. |
| *Coquet Island L.H. | William Evans. |
| *Whitby High L.H. | John Odgers. |
| *Flamborough Head L.H. | Charles Hood. |
| *Spurn L.H. | James B. Smith. |
| *Spurn (Newsand) L.V. | W. Edwards. |
| *Outer Dowsing L.V. | William Stock. |
| *Inner Dowsing L.V. | William King. |
| *Dudgeon L.V. | Thomas Dale. |
| *Llyn Wells L.V. | The Principal. |
| *Hunstanton L.H. | William Westmoreland. |
| *Cromer L.H. | Richard Comben. |
| *Hasbro' L.V. | John Nicholas & B. Darnell. |
| Leman & Ower L.V. | .. |
| Hasbro' L.H. | .. |
| *Newarp L.V. | Cornelius Campbell & William Rees (mate). |
| *Winterton L.H. | John Watson. |
| *Cockle L.V. | Samuel Pender & Charles Perfrement. |
| *Corton L.V. | William John Cotton. |
| *Orfordness L.H. | Wm. Wilby Woodruff. |
| *Shipwash L.V. | William Bonken. |
| *Languard Point L.H. | Owen Boyle. |
| *Galloper L.V. | William Littlewood. |
| Kentish Knock | .. |
| *Swin Middle L.V. | Thomas Barrett. |
| *Tongue L.V. | John Webber. |
| Nore L.V. | .. |
| North Foreland L.H. | .. |
| North Sand Head L.V. | .. |
| *Gull L.V. | Francis Harvey & Joseph Jenkins. |
| *South Sand Head L.V. | J. C. Leggett & George Woodward. |
| *East Side L.V. | Edward le Gallais & Thomas Rees. |
| South Foreland L.H. | .. |
| *Hanois L.H. (Guernsey) | Charles Williams. |
| Casquets L.H. (Alderney) | .. |
SEPARATE REPORT ON EACH SPECIES.
Mistletoe Thrush, Turdus viscivorus, Linn.—Longstone L.H., Nov. 10th and 11th, N.W. to N.N.E., several each day, with Ring Ouzels.