June 21st.—Selker L.V., flocks of Black Ducks at 9.15 P.M., and 7.30 P.M. (3, N.E.; B. C. V.) Helwick L.V., twelve or sixteen "Mackerel Cocks" (?Puffinus anglorum, from description sent) at 6 P.M. going W.
June 24th.—Selker L.V., ten Black Ducks going N.W. at 8.30 P.M. (1, N.N.E.; B. M.) Eddystone L.H., many Swifts "tapping against the glass from 10 P.M. till daylight." (E., 4; C. M. and C. V.)
AUGUST.
August 2d.—Merionethshire, several small flocks of Redshank.
August 3d.—Merionethshire, flocks of hundreds of Black-headed Gull.
August 4th.—Menai L.H., flocks of Curlews about shore all day. (Calm, clear.) Merionethshire, Cuckoo, one adult. Whimbrel appeared again; saw one, and heard several. Scarweather L.V., two Curlews at 8 P.M. Bideford Bar L.H., about 200 Curlew on the sands at 8.30 P.M.; also one Heron and thirty Ring Plovers.
August 7th.—Merionethshire, many flocks of Dunlin appeared. (Light N.W.)
August 8th.—Langness L.H., one Raven and one ♂ Wheatear at 4.30 A.M. (Fresh S.W.; clear.) Cardigan Bay L.V., two Storm Petrels at 3 P.M. around the vessel. Bideford Bar L.H., two hundred Guillemots at 11.30 A.M. going to sea, W.
August 10th.—Langness L.H., several Wheatears at 10 A.M. (Fresh N.W.; clear.) Skerries Rock L.H., one Cormorant at noon. (N.E., 6; B. C. V.) One Wheatear on island at 7 P.M. (N.N.E., 6.) Merionethshire, most of the Swifts left about this date.
August 11th.—Langness L.H., four Oyster-catchers and a few Whimbrels at 5 A.M. (Light N.; clear.) Skerries Rock L.H., one Lapwing on island at 6 P.M. (N. by E., 5; B. C. V.) Nash (E.) L.H., four Willow Warblers struck (two killed), eight to ten Sedge Warblers struck (three killed), and three Whimbrel struck between 11 and 12 P.M. (N.E., 2; C. M.) Four Whitethroats killed at 1 A.M. (August 12th).