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in the sea near by (1.191 i.i 14), while others are recorded in 

 the Forth a few days later. Rooks are reported from 

 Lervvick and North Ronaldshay on the 1 8th, and a little 

 later they were on passage in various localities. Mealy 

 Redpolls arrived on the Pentland Skerries on the 2Oth, and 

 at Aberdeen and Mull (1.1911.114) next day; at the last 

 locality they were accompanied by Lesser Redpolls and 

 Twites. On the 2ist the wind was due east, and remained 

 E. and SE. till the 28th. On the 2ist an immigration of 

 Snow-buntings took place on Tiree and Fair Isle, and 

 Sclavonian and Red-necked Grebes are noted at Lerwick. 

 Next day more Snow-buntings are recorded from Fair Isle, 

 North Ronaldshay, and the Pentland Skerries, and the 

 Mealy Redpolls received additions to their ranks, arrivals 

 being recorded from North Unst, Largo, Bell Rock, Isle of 

 May, Prestonpans, and Musselburgh (" Proc. Roy. Phys. Soc.," 

 xviii. 198). Northern Bullfinches were procured on the 

 Isle of May, and this species is recorded on Fair Isle in 

 varying numbers from the 24th to the 3Oth. On the 23rd 

 a Long- eared Owl was seen at Whalsay Skerries shore 

 station, and from Lerwick and neighbourhood come notes of 

 Northern Bullfinches, Bramblings, and a Red-backed Shrike. 

 Many more Mealy Redpolls arrived, and with them some 

 Lesser Redpolls and a Holboell's Redpoll, which was 

 procured on the Isle of May (1.191 1.4), and next day more 

 Mealy Redpolls are recorded from Barnsness Lighthouse 

 (" Proc. Roy. Phys. Soc.," xviii. 197), North Ronaldshay, and 

 Crail. Many Snipe were seen at the Butt of Lewis on the 

 25th, a Great Tit on North Unst, and Mealy Redpolls at 

 Cape Wrath, Saltoun, and Bolton. Two Northern Bull- 

 finches were procured on the Isle of May on the 26th 

 (1.1911.4), a Lanceolated Warbler was captured on the 

 Pentland Skerries (1.1911.71), and a flock of Greenfinches 

 arrived on Tiree. A small flock of Mealy Redpolls visited 

 the Bass on the 27th, and Whooper Swans returned to Tiree ; 

 next day a large flock of AcantJiis linaria linaria was seen 

 near Carvenom (E. Fife), and two Holboell's Redpolls and a 

 Siberian Chiff-chaff were procured at Seafield, near Lerwick 

 (1.1911.115). Woodcock arrived at Barra Head, Pentland 

 Skerries, and the Bass, and next night at the Butt of Lewis. 



