* Obtained where the Peregrine feeds on rock.
General Remarks of Light-Keepers.
Fastnet.—"Spring: The Gannet does not breed on the rock, and never did; in fact no bird could build, as the rock is too small. There has been a great scarcity of birds this spring. No birds of any description seen in June or to 16th July."—James Walsh.
Old Head, Kinsale.—"Spring: I understand from those fishing off this head that sea-birds arrive on the fishing grounds from daylight to 10 a.m., always from the eastward. Sky Larks, Titlarks, two Falcon Hawks, thirty to forty Rock Pigeons, Grey Crows, Kittiwake Gulls, Green and Black Cormorants, and Sea-pies, are resident here. The Puffin arrives about 15th April, and leaves 15th Aug. Snipe are always to be found near a lake three miles away, and Curlew, Wild Duck, Coot, and Waterhen are there all the year. Autumn: Saw one Rook with white wings in a flock. Birds very scarce. Not one Golden Plover seen. No bird struck the lantern."—Martin Kennedy.
Mine Head.—No reply.
Coningbeg Light-ship.—"Spring: Great flocks of Puffins pass almost daily in the summer months from the Saltee Islands, where they breed, going off during the day and returning in the early morning [? R. M. B.] about sunrise. Several species of Gull fly off during the day and return in the evening to the rocks. No Gannets frequent the Saltees, but Cormorants in great numbers."—Patrick Cullen.
Tuskar Rock.—"Spring: No birds seen in January but sea-fowl. A remarkable absence of sea-birds this year. March 25th was the last day I saw Divers; they generally return in Oct. The young or Black Gannet have come since the 1st June in small numbers, accompanied by some white ones. Autumn: I have received the eight volumes of Morris' 'British Birds,' and am sorry to say that all birds heretofore entered as 'Titmice' were probably Willow or other warblers, and 'Titlarks' were Rock Pipits. Most of the small land-birds rest on the rock for about five minutes before flying to shore (seven miles distant). I enter no sea-birds, as they mostly come and go with fish."—Richard Hamilton and Patrick D'Arcy.
Howth Baily.—"Spring: No birds observed migrating. Gulls and Puffins in vicinity nearly always."—William Dunne.
Rockabill.—"July 14th. Bats about light all night. Wind light, S.W."—Joseph Hammond.
[This is the first entry of Bats since the observation commenced on Irish coast in 1881. Rockabill is five miles from shore on the Dublin coast.—R. M. B.]