Notes
Sp. = Spring. Au. = Autumn.
o = No reply. x = Schedule returned partly or wholly filled.
Spring, 36 schedules sent out; replies received, 27.
Autumn, 36 schedules sent out; replies received, 26.
List of Birds noticed.
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| Eagle | [135] | Swallow | [160] |
| Greenland Falcon | [135] | Martin | [162] |
| Hawks | [136] | Swift | [162] |
| Owl | [137] | Cuckoo | [163] |
| Thrushes | [138] | Pigeons | [163] |
| Redwing | [139] | Grouse | [163] |
| Fieldfare | [140] | Golden Plover | [164] |
| Blackbird | [140] | "Dotterel" | [164] |
| Ring Ouzel | [141] | Green Plover | [164] |
| Hedgesparrow | [142] | Turnstone | [165] |
| Robin | [142] | "Sea-lark" | [165] |
| Redstart | [142] | Sea-pie | [165] |
| "Stonechat" (Wheatear) | [142] | Redshank | [166] |
| Blackcap | [144] | Greenshank | [166] |
| Willow Wren | [144] | Heron | [166] |
| Chiffchaff | [144] | Curlew | [167] |
| "Grasshopper Warbler" | [144] | Whimbrel | [167] |
| Golden-crested Wren | [144] | Woodcock | [169] |
| Wren | [145] | Snipe | [169] |
| "Tits" | [146] | Corn Crake | [170] |
| Wagtails | [146] | Geese | [170] |
| Titlark and Rock Pipits | [147] | Ducks | [172] |
| Larks | [148] | Merganser | [173] |
| Snow Bunting | [150] | "Grebe" | [173] |
| Yellowhammer | [151] | Great Northern Diver | [173] |
| Chaffinch | [151] | Guillemot | [173] |
| Sparrow | [152] | "Little Auk" | [174] |
| Greenfinch | [152] | Puffin | [174] |
| Goldfinch | [152] | Razorbill | [175] |
| Linnet | [153] | Cormorant | [177] |
| Starling | [155] | Gannet | [178] |
| Chough | [157] | Terns | [180] |
| Raven | [157] | Gulls | [180] |
| Hooded Crow | [158] | Stormy Petrel | [182] |
| Rook | [158] | Manx Shearwater | [183] |
| Jackdaw | [160] | Birds not identified | [184] |
| Magpie | [160] |
Number of Lighthouses at which the following Birds are reported to have struck the Lantern-glass at Night.
| Lighthouses. | Lighthouses. | ||
| "Small Grey Hawk" | 1 | Chaffinch | 2 |
| Thrush | 10 | Greenfinch | 2 |
| Redwing | 1 | Linnet | 2 |
| Fieldfare | 3 | Starling | 11 |
| Blackbird | 9 | Swallow | 4 |
| Robin | 4 | Green Plover | 1 |
| "Stonechat" (Wheatear) | 4 | Sea-pie | 1 |
| Willow Wren} Chiffchaff } | 3 | Curlew and Whimbrel | 3 |
| Woodcock | 6 | ||
| Golden-crested Wren | 7 | Snipe | 3 |
| Wren | 7 | Wild Duck | 1 |
| "Tits" | 1 | Stormy Petrel | 5 |
| Titlark | 4 | Manx Shearwater | 3 |
| Lark | 9 |
The foregoing table does not show the relative numbers of birds striking; it only exhibits the number of stations at which each species is reported to have struck. For example, the Blackbird is reported to have struck the glass at nine stations, but hundreds did so, and were killed or disabled; the Woodcock struck at six stations, but only seven birds actually struck, all of which were killed outright.
Sea-birds rarely strike, and land-birds seem to strike lighthouses on islands more than on headlands.
The light-keepers having been requested to forward a leg and wing of every bird which they were not able to identify with certainty, the following were received:
| Leg and wing of Ring Ouzel from the Skelligs | shot Sept. 17th. | |
| Skin of the Hedgesparrow from Tearaght | " Oct. 3rd. | |
| Wing of the Black Redstart from Skelligs | " Nov. 13th. | |
| Two Snow Buntings in summer plumage from Arranmore | " 1st week in May. | |
| Snow Bunting in winter plumage from Skelligs | " Sept. 18th. | |
| Wing of the Greenfinch from Skelligs | " Nov. | |
| Leg and wing of a hen Chaffinch from Tearaght | " Oct. 26th. | |
| * | Leg of a Chough from Tearaght. | |
| * | Leg and wing of a Woodcock from Tearaght. | |
| Leg and wing of Corn Crake from Rockabill. Struck lantern. Sent May 10th. | ||
| Skin of a Water Rail from St. John Point. Struck lantern. | ||
| Skin of a young Razorbill from Tearaght | shot Jan. 13th, 1885. | |
| * | Wings of the Stormy Petrel from Tearaght. | |
| A Wren in the flesh from Eagle Island. | ||
| Do. do. Skelligs | " Sept. 4th. | |
| Snow Bunting from Eagle Island | " April 16th. | |