| No. on Map. | |||||||
| * | 119. | L.V. Bahama Bank | John West. | ||||
| * | 120. | L.H. St. Bees | Henry Nott. | ||||
| * | 121. | L.V. Selker | D. Kneale and —— Cumming. | ||||
| * | 122. | L.V. Morecambe Bay | Henry Clavell. | ||||
| * | 123. | L.V. Dee | S. Woek and J. Clague. | ||||
| 124. | L.H. Air. | ||||||
| 125. | L.H. Menai. | ||||||
| 126. | L.H. Skerries. | ||||||
| 127. | L.H. Holyhead Breakwater. | ||||||
| * | 128. | L.H. South Stack | William E. Burgess. | ||||
| * | 129. | L.V. Carnarvon Bay | Henry Hughes. | ||||
| * | 130. | L.H. St. Tudwall's | W. Monk. | ||||
| * | 131. | L.H. Bardsey Island | Thomas Bowen. | ||||
| 132. | L.V. Cardigan Bay. | ||||||
| * | 133. | L.H. South Bishop | A. Hills. | ||||
| * | 134. | L.H. Smalls | Richard Evans. | ||||
| 135. | L.H. Great Castle Head. | ||||||
| * | 136. | L.H. Milford | George Baker. | ||||
| * | 137. | L.H. Caldy | William Ebben. | ||||
| * | 138. | L.V. Helwick | Thomas Cornell. | ||||
| * | 139. | L.V. Scarweather | P. Frost. | ||||
| * | 140. | L.H. Nash (E.) | Henry Nicholas. | ||||
| 141. | L.H. Breaksea. | ||||||
| * | 142. | L.H. Flatholm | W. Dale. | ||||
| 143. | L.V. English and Welsh Grounds. | ||||||
| * | 144. | L.H. Usk | A. Russell. | ||||
| 145. | L.H. Avon. | ||||||
| 146. | L.H. Burnham. | ||||||
| * | 147. | L.H. Bull Point | George Knott. | ||||
| * | 148. | L.H. Bideford Bar | Thomas Gilpin. | ||||
| 149. | L.H. Lundy. | ||||||
| 150. | L.H. Hartland Point. | ||||||
| 151. | L.H. Trevose Head. | ||||||
| * | 152. | L.H. Godrevy | Richard Trahair. | ||||
| * | 153. | L.H. Longships | J. W. Watson and Wm. Davies. | ||||
| 154. | L.V. Sevenstones. | ||||||
| 155. | L.H. Wolf Rock. | ||||||
| 156. | L.H. Scilly. | ||||||
| * | 157. | L.H. Bishop's Rock | John W. Froth. | ||||
| 158. | L.H. Lizard. | ||||||
| 159. | L.H. Falmouth Harbour. | ||||||
| * | 160. | L.H. Eddystone | William Ainger. | ||||
| 161. | L.H. Plymouth Breakwater. | ||||||
| * | 162. | L.H. Start Point | William Jones. | ||||
The best thanks of the Committee are due to the above-named observers for their painstaking records and valued aid; and it is an added pleasure to acknowledge assistance received from several ornithologists, including Messrs. James Andrews, of Swanage, Dorsetshire; O. V. Aplin, of Banbury (notes from Barmouth District); W. Duckworth, of Carlisle; T. E. Kelsall, of Balliol College, Oxford; Rev. H. A. Macpherson, of Carlisle; and Mr. Arthur Patterson, of Preston. Special acknowledgment is due to the Rev. H. A. Macpherson for most hearty and welcome co-operation. The recorder trusts to enlist further aid from the naturalists of the West of England and Wales, as it will much enhance the value of the report to include in it observations made by trained and experienced ornithologists, from whom alone can be expected notes on critical and rare species.
In dealing with the mass of information received it has been thought best to treat of it under the following heads.
I.—A few General Remarks on the Report.
II.—Reports on the Migratory-Season of 1884, communicated by several of the light-keepers and others.
III.—A Diary of the Principal Migratory Movements, which gives an idea of the importance of each movement, the area covered by it, and also indicates the species migrating in company.
IV.—A separate Report on each species.
I.—General Remarks.
The great mass of migrants during the past autumn seem to have passed stations decidedly south of Anglesea. The great movements appear to have taken place between Oct. 21st and 24th (inclusive), during which period some dozen species were noted; and again between Nov. 10th and 14th (inclusive), this being the most important movement, and applied no less than eighteen species observed at the lighthouses and lightships alone.
The report embraces notes on some rare or interesting species, including Motacilla alba, Lanius major, Ampelis garrulus, Chen albatus, Querquedula circia, Phalaropus hyberboreus, Machetes pugnax, Hydrochelidon nigra; whilst the scarcity or entire absence of Passer montanus, Corvus cornix, and Bernicla brenta, and the presence of Bernicla leucopsis, are of interest to one accustomed to East Coast observations. The capture, too, of eight Procellaria pelagica at the South Bishop, on Oct. 14th, is a noteworthy incident. The lanterns vary not a little in their death-dealing attractions, those of the Bardsey, South Bishop, Smalls, Nash (E.), Godrevy, and Eddystone lighthouses being most seductive, occasionally commanding no less than two hundred victims in a single night.