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REPORT
ON THE
MIGRATION OF BIRDS
IN THE
SPRING AND AUTUMN OF 1887.
BY
Mr J. A. HARVIE-BROWN, Mr J. CORDEAUX,
Mr R. M. BARRINGTON, Mr A. G. MORE,
AND
Mr W. EAGLE CLARKE.
NINTH REPORT.
(Vol. II., No. 4.)
EDINBURGH:
PRINTED BY M'FARLANE & ERSKINE,
14 and 19 ST JAMES SQUARE.
1889.
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PREFACE.
This Report contains a summary of the investigations of aCommittee reappointed by the British Association for theAdvancement of Science, at Manchester, in 1887, to consist ofProfessor Newton, Mr J. A. Harvie-Brown, Mr John Cordeaux,Mr W. Eagle Clarke, Mr R. M. Barrington, and Mr A. G. More,for the purpose of obtaining (with the consent of the Masterand Elder Brethren of the Trinity House, the Commissioners ofNorthern Lights, and the Commissioners of Irish Lights) observationson the Migration of Birds at Lighthouses and Light-ships,and of reporting on the same at Bath in 1888. MrCordeaux to be the Secretary.
The returns relating to Scotland have been arranged by MrJ. A. Harvie-Brown; for the East Coast of England, by MrCordeaux; for the West Coast of England, by Mr W. EagleClarke; and those for the Coasts of Ireland, by Mr R. M.Barrington and Mr A. G. More.
This is the ninth, and final, report issued, and the Committeehave much pleasure in stating that one of their number, MrWilliam Eagle Clarke, of the Museum of Science and Artin Edinburgh, has undertaken the laborious task of reducingthe mass of facts collected, from an examination de novo of thewhole of the schedules sent in, so as to bring out the generalresults of their inquiry, both statistically and otherwise, onstrictly scientific lines, and in as condensed and clear a methodas possible.
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CONTENTS.
| PAGE | |
| East Coast of Scotland, | 1 |
| East Coast of England, | 17 |
| West Coast of Scotland, | 60 |
| West Coast of England and Wales, and the Isle of Man, | 73 |
| Irish Coasts, | 112 |
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