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and a young Cuckoo appeared at the lantern on the Isle of 

 May. By this time most of the Swifts had left. After the 

 middle of the month small numbers of migrants are recorded, 

 on the i 8th flock after flock of White Wagtails passed over 

 Fair Isle, on the 2ist this species is recorded from East 

 Fife. Flocks of Terns were seen flying round Barnsness 

 Lighthouse (Forth) during the evening of the 23rd, and 

 next day Sandwich Terns, mostly adults, were seen in large 

 numbers in Largo Bay. During the last week of August 

 migration became more pronounced, records come from all 

 over Scotland of the southward movement of various species 

 of Waders, while Duck of different kinds began to return to 

 their winter quarters. The commoner Warblers and other 

 Passeres are recorded as on the move at Fair Isle, the 

 Isle of May, the Flannans, Dunnet Head, and parts of the 

 mainland. Crossbills lingered in places throughout August, 

 but the greater number seem to have disappeared by the 

 end of the month. 



September. The first three weeks were anticyclonic on 

 the whole ; the first week was unsettled and changeable, but 

 the second and third were fine and dry. The last week was 

 very unsettled, and on the 25th there was a severe magnetic 

 storm of world-wide distribution. Little migration is noted 

 during the first ten days, more being recorded from the 

 Flannans than elsewhere. From this station a Lapland 

 Bunting is reported on the 3rd, while White Wagtails were 

 passing Tiree on the same day. From the I ith to the I4th 

 greater activity ensued, numbers of Terns appeared at 

 Lerwick as migrants on the night of the i ith, and on the 

 i 2th, Greater Wheatears, Redstarts, and Whitethroats were 

 passing the Mull of Galloway Lighthouse, specimens of 

 each striking the lantern. On the i/th a movement of 

 Wheatears is recorded from the West Coast at the Flannans 

 and Butt of Lewis, and Warblers and other birds from the 

 Fair Isle and Isle of May. From the iSth to the 2Oth 

 large numbers of Swallows and House-martins were observed 

 at the Isle of May, Meadow-pipits in great numbers at the 

 Butt of Lewis and the Flannans ; and on the 20th, another 

 wave of Wheatears at the last-named place and the Isle of 

 May. On the 22nd, many arrivals are recorded Siskins, 



