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and Sule Skerry 2oth June. In autumn several are noted at Fair 

 Isle, one was killed at the lantern of the Isle of May on i6th 

 October, and a single bird is noted from Tiree on the 24th. 



GALLINULA CHLOROPUS (Moorhen). One was killed at the lantern 

 of Davaar Lighthouse (Argyll) on 23rd February, and one 

 is reported from the Isle of May just a month later. 



EUDROMIAS MORINELLUS (Dotterel). One was found dead at Bells- 

 hill (Lanarkshire) on 2oth April ("Glas. Nat." vol. i. p. 135). 



CHARADRIUS PLUVIALIS (Golden Plover). On the hills at Beattock 

 on 4th February. Small numbers at the Isle of May and Fair 

 Isle on 22nd March, and 30 at the Butt of Lewis on agth April. 

 The return movement is first noted at Largo (Fife) on 8th 

 July, a great many at the Cromarty Firth on 7th August, flocks 

 arriving at Tiree on i ;th September, and a number at Fair 

 Isle on the 2oth. 



SQUATAROLA HELVETICA (Grey Plover). One in winter dress on 

 the Dornoch Firth, 3rd June ; fourteen at the Edenmouth on 

 3ist August, seven being in summer plumage. 



VANELLUS VULGARIS (Lapwing). A considerable movement of this 

 species took place in March, when it was numerous at the 

 Isle of May on the 2ist, and in uncountable numbers there 

 and at Fair Isle next day ; a rush to the lantern at these places 

 being recorded the following night. At Lerwick and Isle of 

 May great flocks on the 23rd, and several at Sule Skerry on 

 the 25th. About one hundred on Fair Isle on 6th October, 

 and this species participated in the movement at Aberdeen 

 during a snowstorm on i4th and i5th November. A Lapwing 

 ringed at Glenorchard (Stirling) on i7th June was shot 20 

 miles west of Pau, Basses Pyrenees, France, on i yth November 

 ("Brit. Birds," vol. iii. p. 251). 



STREPSILAS INTERPRES (Turnstone). Present in East Fife through- 

 out the summer. 



HJEMATOPUS OSTRALEGUS (Oystercatcher). Arrived at Sule Skerry 

 on the 1 2th February, very numerous at Fair Isle on 8th March, 

 and a small flock at the Butt of Lewis ont he 3oth ; by 3rd 

 April it was on Loch Awe. On 5th June there were large 

 flocks at the Edenmouth, and many hundreds there on 3151 

 August. 



PHALAROPUS FULICARIUS (Grey Phalarope). Is twice recorded from 

 Fair Isle in January and once in October, two being procured. 

 This species is new to Fair Isle. Phalaropes, probably this 

 species, are recorded from Sule Skerry in January and September. 



SCOLOPAX RUSTICOLA (Woodcock). Notes of birds on spring migra- 

 tion come from Fair Isle on 23rd March, Sule Skerry on the 



