Report on the Migration of Birds in the Spring and Autumn of 1883. Fifth Report

Chapter 1: REPORT ON THE MIGRATION OF BIRDS IN THE SPRING AND AUTUMN OF 1883.

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The report compiles systematic observations of spring and autumn bird migration collected at lighthouses, lightships, and coastal stations across Scotland, England, Ireland, and North Atlantic outposts. It summarizes first arrival and departure dates for many species, records prevailing winds and weather associated with movements, and aggregates regional schedules and commentary. Contributors compare routes and timing, note species composition and anomalous occurrences, and discuss observational methods and recommended stationing for continued monitoring. Appendices present tabulated returns and local notes to support broader patterns of seasonal passage and to guide future data collection.

REPORT
ON THE
MIGRATION OF BIRDS
IN THE
SPRING AND AUTUMN OF 1883.

Mr. J. A. HARVIE BROWN, Mr. J. CORDEAUX,
Mr. R. M. BARRINGTON, and Mr. A. G. MORE.

FIFTH REPORT.

"A good practical naturalist must be a good observer; and how many qualities are required to make up a good observer! Attention, patience, quickness to seize separate facts, discrimination to keep them unconfused, readiness to combine them, and rapidity and yet slowness of induction; above all, perfect fidelity, which can be seduced neither by the enticements of a favourite theory nor by the temptation to see a little more than actually happens in some passing drama."—Essays, Bishop Wilberforce, Vol. I.

LONDON:
PRINTED BY WEST, NEWMAN & CO., 54, HATTON GARDEN.
1884.