Barrels Rock Light-ship.—May 21st, "observed a curious bird hovering around the ship. It was larger than a Thrush, and of a brown mottled colour, with a streak of white across each wing. It flew N."
South Maidens.—May 13th, "a strange bird seen on rock, not as large as a Thrush, with a portion of the back yellow, white near the tail, which was dotted with yellow spots. I have not seen a bird resembling this one since I came to station."
Tearaght.—On 12th April, a bird Like the Great Shrike was observed.
Skelligs.—October 16th, "a small bird about the size of a Wren with a white spot on its forehead, flitting about amongst the lichen on the face of the rocks. It uttered a note like tzit, tzit, tzit, or tzee, a little sibilant in tone."
Skelligs.—October 23d, a Starling? feeding on rock. A gale from N.E., with mist. "This bird was spotted with white spots, the same as Morris's Nutcracker."
Transcriber Note
Some irregularities in spelling and hyphenation were left as printed. Minor typos were corrected. The elevation of the Lochindaul Station on [p. 93] was corrected to 50 based on the 1884 Report.