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mainly anticyclonic. From the ist to the 6th Redwings 

 and Fieldfares in thousands are recorded from Inverbroom 

 (West Ross). Redwings at the Butt of Lewis and Flannans, 

 and Snow-buntings in numbers at the latter place and Fair 

 Isle. Slight movements are recorded from the Pentland 

 Skerries, Butt of Lewis, Flannans, and Loch Awe, mostly of 

 Turdinae. Very little movement took place between the 

 7th and I4th, but Snow-buntings are reported from various 

 stations. Woodcock were numerous at Spiggie (Shetland) 

 on the loth, and the same species is reported in numbers 

 from Glenorchard on the I5th to I /th. Large numbers of 

 Snipe arrived at the Butt of Lewis on the I4th, and this 

 species and Jack-snipe are recorded from the Pentland 

 Skerries and the Flannans. The hard weather experienced 

 at this time caused a certain amount of movement ; at 

 Aberdeen on the I4th and I5th Skylarks, Starlings, and 

 Lapwings passed south in numbers during a snowstorm. 

 Reports come from the Pentland Skerries, Butt of Lewis, 

 and East Ross of numbers of Fieldfares, Song-thrushes, and 

 Golden Plover, while Redpolls were seen at the Skerries and 

 Iceland Gulls at the Flannans. Slight movement took 

 place from the I7th to the 22nd, mostly among Fieldfares, 

 Blackbirds, and Lapwings; on the 25th a large flock of 

 Lesser Redpolls and a few Siskins arrived at Loch Awe, and 

 great numbers of Goldcrests at the same place on the 3Oth. 

 From the Flannans come reports of small numbers of birds, 

 mostly Redwings, Blackbirds, Lapwings, and Snipe, from the 

 22nd to the end of the month. Great Spotted Woodpeckers 

 are recorded from Caithness, West Ross, and East Fife. 



December. The closing month of the year was cold 

 and unsettled. Small movements are recorded from the 

 Flannans, Butt of Lewis, Pentland Skerries, and Fair Isle, 

 probably caused by the severe frost on the mainland. The 

 birds noticed were mainly Blackbirds, Redwings, Snow- 

 buntings, Starlings, and Lapwings. 



WINTER. 



During this season in 1908-1909, our winter migrants 

 were present in quantity. From ist January onwards we 



