i 9 4 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



May on xoth October, and in numbers at the lantern on Fair 

 Isle from 7 p.m. on the loth to 3 a.m. on the nth. A 

 great rush, 367 being killed, at Tarbatness lantern between 12 

 and 4 a.m. on the i8th; on the same day enormous numbers 

 on the Isle of May, and at Fair Isle at the lantern and 

 numerous on the island, and in hundreds all night at the 

 lantern on the Flannans. At the Skerryvore lantern on the 

 23rd, on which day they arrived in Mull. In thousands at 

 Inverbroom (West Ross), from the ist to the 6th November 

 (sleet and snow). Reports come of scarcity of this species in 

 the winter of 1909-10. 



TURDUS PILARIS (Fieldfare). Last seen in Mull, 5th April ; very 

 numerous on the Isle of May, 22nd and 23rd; and about 150 

 seen at Newhall, near Yester, on 3rd May. Last noted at Fair 

 Isle on 28th May. In autumn two or three are recorded at 

 the lantern on the Isle of May in the early hours of i7th 

 October, one was killed at Tarbatness early on the i8th, 

 while next night numbers are reported on the lanterns of 

 the Flannans, Sule Skerry, and Fair Isle. At Mull "a large 

 flock seen, 3oth October (N.N.E. light, snow), flying low over 

 the crofts to the south, when they turned to E.S.E. and 

 starting from sea-level ascended in a zig-zag until they 

 disappeared at about 2000 ft., still rising, and would eventually 

 over-top the Ardgour and South Lochaber Hills." In 

 thousands, Inverbroom (W. Ross), from the ist to the 6th 

 November, and a very large flock at the Butt of Lewis on 

 1 8th November. In East Ross on i gih April, a Fieldfare was 

 seen " with an almost pure white head and nape, throat and 

 breast white, flecked with grey." 



TURDUS MERULA (Blackbird). Not much movement is recorded in 

 spring; a lot at Lerwick on 25th February, a few at the 

 lanterns on the Isle of May and Fair Isle on 22nd March, and 

 several at Sule Skerry on the 26th. A pair were found near 

 Paisley laying in the same nest as a Thrush ; last nest at 

 Kirkliston, 26th July. A considerable influx of Blackbirds 

 took place at Loch Awe on 8th October, numbers are reported 

 from Dunrossness (Shetland) on the i3th, and Fair Isle on the 

 1 4th, while a rush to the lantern is recorded on the i8th from 

 Sule Skerry, Tarbatness, and Fair Isle. 



TURDUS TORQUATUS (Ring Ouzel). First noted on the West in Mull 

 (i c?) on 7th April, Shutterflat Moor (Ayr) on the nth, and 

 not till the i7th on the East, when one was seen in the Ochils. 

 Arrived at Fair Isle on the i6th, and a few still on passage at 

 the Isle of May on 2nd May. The return journey is noted at 

 the Isle of May on 26th September, at the Flannans on 



