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The Annals 



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Scottish Natural History 



NO. 77] 1911 [JANUARY 



BIRD NOTES FROM THE ISLE OF MAY 

 AUTUMN 1910. 



By EVELYN V. BAXTER and LEONORA JEFFREY RINTOUL. 



WE again visited the Isle of May this autumn and worked 

 there from the 2nd September till the iSth October. 

 During this time we were able to record 99 species, three 

 of which were new to Forth, and after we left two other 

 Forth novelties were sent off to us. With its usual sweet 

 reasonableness the wind, after having been in the east 

 almost all summer, veered round and blew off the west for 

 all but the last few days of our visit. Occasionally there 

 were easterly airs below, but the upper currents were still off 

 the west ; the weather throughout was very fine and mild. 

 These conditions militated against rushes of migrants, and 

 it was not till the last few days of our stay, when an honest 

 east wind set in, that any great numbers of birds appeared. 

 It being impossible, in the space at our disposal, to enter into 

 detailed accounts of the movements of each species, we pro- 

 pose to deal briefly with some of our more outstanding records. 

 Among the Turdinas, Missel Thrushes ( Turdus viscivorus) 

 appeared more plentifully than in other seasons, though 

 never in any great numbers, and there were Song Thrushes 

 (Turdus philoinelos 1 } on the island almost every day. 



1 The nomenclature adopted is mainly that of Dr. Hartert's " Die Vogel der 

 palaarktischen Fauna." 



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