Scolopacidæ.--January 1885, one at 90 (Kyleakin), belongs to 1884; one at 90 again on 17th February (?); none in March (! ?); April, one on 15th at 94, light S.E. _In Autumn._--October 18th, one at 86, and one at 90; and one at 101 and one at 102 on 9th November. _Curlews:_ Many records as usual, but Ave fear of little value as regards tracing migrations; and a few records of Snipe and Jack Snipe. _Sandpipers:_ Two records in June and October at 101, and one in February, same place.
Laridæ.--Terns: "Terns" at 101 on 22d, 23d, and 24th May, light S.W., clear, and variable. First seen at 114 on June 22d, S.W. breeze (see also under Monach Isles "Diary"). In August, four records at 101 (Skervuile), between 16th and 22d, light N. and N.E. _Gulls:_ April, at 101 and 102, feeding on herring-fry--Kittiwakes, "Gulls," etc. May, Skuas, "Boatswain Birds," Black Headed Gull, on six dates at 93 and 101. Kittiwakes, "Dirty Allans," and Herring Gulls, at 86, 94, and 101 respectively, on 17th, 21st, and 26th June respectively. In July, at 101 and 108, Boatswain Birds, 1st to 14th; at 101, and other scattered records. Ditto, at 101, in August 1st, 4th, and 6th, and 16th, 17th, and 19th and 21st, and a few other Gulls. September, Kittiwakes at 101. In November, "Iceland Gulls" at 94 on 6th and 16th; Boatswain Birds and others at 101. Odd records in December.
_Procellariidæ._--One record--one caught at 86 (Monach Isles) on 5th September. One, "rare here," at 114 on 13th November.
Colymbidæ.--G. N. Divers occur every month except October and December; at 101 in February, March, April, May, and November; at 90 in March, August; at 86 on 5th September; and in November at 89, 93, 94, 101, 102, 114. The above are nearly all single records, or at most a pair.
Alcidæ.--"Tysties" at 101, 12th April, and Scarts; and the former on 11th May at 101. Thousands at 102 of Puffins, October 15th, 1885. Other records very light.
WEST COAST OF ENGLAND AND WALES, AND THE ISLE OF MAN.
Schedules were sent to the forty-eight lighthouses and light-vessels on the West Coast of England and Wales, and the Isle of Man, and returns have been received from twenty-nine.
The following is an enumeration of the stations included in this section of the Report, those making returns being marked by an asterisk:--