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Report on the Migration of Birds in the Spring and Autumn of 1886. Eighth Report / (Vol. II, No. 3.)

Chapter 3: PREFACE.
By J. A. Harvie-Brown
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A committee report collects and analyzes observations of bird migration recorded at lighthouses and lightships around the British and Irish coasts during spring and autumn 1886. It compiles station-by-station schedules and diary entries, tabulates species occurrences and migration timing, maps stations, and correlates movements with prevailing weather patterns. Regional sections cover east and west coasts of Scotland, England, Wales, the Isle of Man, and Ireland, with contributors organizing returns and noting local abundance, breeding notes, and notable sightings. The volume also discusses methodology, requests for improved coverage, and presents summarized data useful for tracking seasonal migration trends.

REPORT
ON THE
MIGRATION OF BIRDS
IN THE
SPRING AND AUTUMN OF 1886.

BY

Mr J. A. HARVIE-BROWN, Mr J. CORDEAUX,
Mr R. M. BARRINGTON, Mr A. G. MORE,
AND
Mr W. EAGLE CLARKE.

EIGHTH REPORT.

(Vol. II, No. 3.)

EDINBURGH:

PRINTED BY M'FARLANE & ERSKINE,
14 and 19 ST JAMES SQUARE.

1887.

PREFACE.

The following Report contains a summary of the investigations of a Committee reappointed by the British Association for the Advancement of Science, at Birmingham, in 1886, 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 Manchester in 1887. 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 R. M. Barrington and Mr A. G. More.