138 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



The Blue-headed Wagtail ( Motacilla flavaflava) and the 

 Grey-headed Wagtail {Motacilla flava borealis) appeared 

 at Fair Isle. Only one Golden Oriole (Oriolus oriolus 

 oriolns) is reported this year, a fine adult male being 

 found dead, but quite fresh, in an old wooded quarry near 

 Dhuloch House, Inverkeithing (W. Fife), on the i6th May 

 (1.1910.182). There are several records of Waxwings 

 (Bombycilla garrnlus garrulus] in 1910 ; a male was observed 

 at Edrom (Berwickshire) on the I 2th November (" Field," I9th 

 Nov.). A Waxwing was captured at Tranent (Haddington- 

 shire) on 25th November (1.1911.54), while another was 

 seen at the same place on I 7th December. A male was 

 found dead at Kinloch Lodge (Sutherland) on the 7th 

 December, and during this month one was killed near 

 Gilmerton (Mid-Lothian) (1.1911.114) and another shot 

 near Kirriemuir (Forfarshire) (1.191 I.I 14). 



One of the features of the year was a great immigration 

 of the Northern Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula pyrrhuld}. On 

 22nd October a beautiful male and the wings and tail of a 

 female were sent from the Isle of May (1.191 1.4) ; these are 

 the first recorded for " Forth." On the 23rd three males were 

 seen in a garden at Leog, Lerwick (3.iv.2i i), two males and 

 a female at Helensdale, near Lerwick (3.iv.2i i), and another 

 at Hayfield in the same vicinity. On the 24th and 25th 

 single birds are recorded on Fair Isle, and next day a male 

 and female were sent from the Isle of May (1.191 1.4). On 

 the 27th two were seen on Fair Isle, others on the 29th, 

 on which day Mr. Evans records a fine male caught at 

 Archerfield (E. Lothian) (1.1911.113). A Bullfinch which 

 rested some time at Barnsness Lighthouse on 3ist October 

 probably belonged to the Northern race (1.1911.113). On 

 the 2nd of November a number were seen on Fair Isle and 

 another male was received from the Isle of May (1.191 1.4). 

 On 7th November one is recorded from Baltasound (N. 

 Unst) and on the loth one from Fair Isle. No more come 

 under notice till the 2Oth when one was shot at Lerwick, and 

 on the 2 ist a female was procured at the Burn of Grenisla, 

 near that place, while a " Russian " Bullfinch was caught near 

 Berwick-on-Tweed in the end of the month (1.1911.114). 

 Late in autumn a male and female were procured near Ceres 



