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LANIUS EXCUBITOR (Great Grey Shrike). One is recorded from Fair 

 Isle on 1 8th October. 



L. COLLURIO (Red-backed Shrike). A bird of the year was found 

 dead on the Flannans on i4th September, the first record for 

 the Outer Hebrides. 



MUSCICAPA ATRICAPILLA (Pied Flycatcher). The only spring record 

 is a male at Fair Isle on yth May. A young bird was obtained 

 at Dunrobin (Sutherland) on 2oth June, one at the Fair Isle 

 lantern on loth September, and a few on the Isle of May from 

 the 1 4th to the 25th September. 



M. GRISOLA (Spotted Flycatcher). The first arrival recorded is 

 from the West, at Dairy (Clyde), on 5th May ; on the East 

 it is reported simultaneously from Kirkliston and East Ross 

 on the 1 4th. Obtained at the lantern, Isle of May, on i4th 

 August. Last seen in Mull on 5th September, at the Flannans 

 on the 23rd, Isle of May, 26th, and Fair Isle, 4th October. 



M. PARVA (Red-breasted Flycatcher). One young male was pro- 

 cured on the Isle of May on 25th September, the first record 

 for Forth. 



HIRUNDO RUSTICA (Swallow). Is first recorded from the West in 

 three localities in Clyde on 8th April, the first noted on the 

 East being on the i3th at Edinburgh and Kirkliston. Is 



reported from Fair Isle on iyth April and Sule Skerry on 

 May. Many (ad. etjuv.} on the Isle of May on i8th September, 

 last seen at Kirkliston, i2th October, and St. Andrews, 2nd 

 November. 



CHELIDON URBICA (House-Martin). First noted on the West at 

 Cardross (Clyde) on 9th April, and on the East at Kirkliston 

 on the 1 8th. "The local nesting birds" in Mull "did not 

 begin to build till 2ist May, a few pairs arriving as late as the 

 first week in June, which is abnormal." Many at the Isle of 

 May on i8th September, last recorded at Kirkliston on the 

 27th. An albino was seen at Cupar (Fife) on 24th July. 



COTILE RIPARIA (Sand-Martin). Is first recorded on the East, near 

 Dirleton, on gth April, the first record from the West being on 

 the 1 6th at Loch Loskin (Clyde). Last seen at Kirkliston on 

 8th September. 



COCCOTHRAUSTES vuLGARis (Hawfinch). One seen at Tayfield 

 (Fife) on 2ist April, and one at Fair Isle on 8th May. A nest 

 and five eggs was found in East Lothian on gth May, the eggs 

 being destroyed by some animal ; another nest was found 60 

 yards away on 23rd May, but these eggs also were destroyed 

 ("A.S.N.H.," 1909, p. 181). The first nest and eggs found 

 in Forth. 



