Perches have been fixed on St. Catherine's Lighthouse, Isle of "Wight, for the benefit of birds during the migratory season. Extraordinary sights are witnessed every year by the keepers of lighthouses, for the brilliant glare attracts cnomious flocks, which flit to and fro. As the monster flaming spoke swings round, the birds, evidently blinded by the glare, dash with such fury against the glass panes of the lantern as to flutter to the floor of the gallery with broken necks and wings, while large numbers, dazed or killed, fall into the water. Moths, too, often hover iu clouds round the light, and arc —like the birds—of such variety, that an hour on the gallery would bring infinite delight and rich harvests to the entomologist.
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18220, 3 November 1924, Page 6
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