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Title: Report on the Migration of Birds in the Spring and Autumn of 1885 Seventh Report (Vol. II No.2)
Author: J. A. Harvie Brown J. Cordeaux R. M. Barrington G. A. Moore W. Eagle Clarke
Release Date: July 14, 2021 [eBook #65840]
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Mr J. A. HARVIE-BROWN, Mr J. CORDEAUX, Mr R. M. BARRINGTON, Mr A. G. MORE,
The following Report contains a summary of investigations of a Committee reappointed by the British Association for the Advancement of Science, at Aberdeen, in 1885, to consist of Professor 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 Master and Elder Brethren of the Trinity House, the Commissioners of Northern Lights, and the Commissioners of Irish Lights) observations on the Migrations of Birds at Lighthouses and Lightships, and of reporting on the same at Birmingham in 1886. Mr Cordeaux to be the Secretary.
The returns relating to Scotland have been arranged by Mr J. A. Harvie-Brown; for the East Coast of England, by Mr Cordeaux; for the West Coast of England, by Mr W. Eagle Clarke; and those for the Coasts of Ireland, by Mr E. M. Barrington and Mr A. G. More.
West Coast of England and Wales, and the Isle of Man, 108
1. Iceland. =England--East Coast.= 2. Do. 3. Faroe. 30. Longstone L.H. 3_b_. Fair Isle. 31. Inner Farn L.H. 32. Coquet Island L.H. =Scotland--East Coast.= 33. 5 Buoy Tees L.V. 34. Whitby High L.H. 4. N. Unst. 35. Flamborough Head L.H. 5. Whalsey Skerries. 36. Spurn Point L.H. 6. Bressay Sound. 37. Spurn L.V. 7. Sumburgh Head. 38. Inner Dowsing L.V. 8. N. Ronaldshay. 39. Dudgeon L.V. 9. Start Point. 40. Outer Dowsing L.V. 10. Auskerry. 41. Llyn Wells L.V. { 11. Hoy Sound (Low). 42. Hasbro' L.V. { 12. Hoy Sound (High). 43. Leman and Ower L.V. 13. Cantick Head. 44. Hunstanton L.H. 14. Pentland Skerries. 45. Cromer L.H. 15. Dunnet Head. 46. Hasbro' L.H. 16. Holborn Head. 47. Winterton L.H. 17. Noss Head. 48. Newarp L.V. 18. Tarbat Ness. 49. Cockle L.V. 19. Cromarty. 50. Corton L.V. 20. Chanonry Point. 51. Orfordness L.H. 21. Covesea Skerries. 52. Languard Point L.H. 22. Kinnaird Head. 53. Shipwash L.V. 23. Buchan Ness. 54. Swin Middle L.V. 24. Girdleness. 55. Nore L.V. 25. Montroseness. 56. Tongue L.V. 26. Bell Rock. 57. Kentish Knock L.V. 27. Isle of May. 58. Galloper L.V. 28. Inchkeith. 59. North Foreland L.H. 28_b_. Fidra (1885). 60. North Sand Head L.V. 29. St Abb's Head. 61. Gull L.V. 62. Eastside L.V. 63. South Foreland L.H. 64. South Sand Head L.V. 65. Varne L.V.