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arrivals of Pied Wagtails are reported from this station, 

 Alness (E. Ross), and Beattock. From the 6th to the I ith, 

 with light southerly winds, there was a wide-spread move- 

 ment of Redwings, Thrushes, Missel-thrushes, Blackbirds, 

 Starlings, and Skylarks. Records come from Little Ross 

 (Kirkcudbright) of a big passage of these birds on the nights 

 of the 6th, /th, and 8th, and the movement in a lesser degree 

 was noted up to the I ith at North Unst, Sule Skerry, 

 VVhalsay Skerries, Pentland Skerries, the Flannans, and 

 Montroseness. From the i 3th to the end of the month the 

 wind blew, almost without intermission, from W. and N. 

 Snow-buntings in numbers are reported from the 1 3th 

 to the 1 7th at Lerwick, Fair Isle, the Flannans, and Pent- 

 land Skerries. On the 2oth a Yellow Wagtail was seen at 

 Dalbeith (Clyde) (2.ii.i 27), the next recorded in this area 

 being at Beith on I9th April. On the 24th Meadow-pipits 

 arrived on the moors in Mull, on the 26th at Beattock, and 

 by the 3<Dth this species had reached the Flannans and Fair 

 Isle. The northward passage of Whooper Swans in Orkney 

 began on the 25th (1.1911.55), and on this day most of the 

 Barnacle Geese left the Flannans, though a few lingered for 

 a month or so longer. The first definite record of Wheatears 

 comes from the Bell Rock, a male being got at the lantern 

 there at 4 A.M. on the 26th ; by next day this species is 

 reported from the Flannans and Girvan, where, however, it 

 had been "seen a day or two previously" (2.^.127), and by 

 the 3Oth it had reached a good many places on both East 

 and West Coasts. On the 27th the first Ring-ouzel of the 

 season is noted in South Perthshire, and next day a Chiff- 

 chaff is reported as having been heard at Skelmorlie, Ayr- 

 shire (2.ii. 127). A male White Wagtail is reported from 

 Arthur's Seat on the 29th, the first West Coast records of 

 this species being on the 3ist at Cambuslang and Carmyle, 

 both in Clyde (2.H.I27). 



April. With the advent of April a long spell of disturbed 

 conditions set in, westerly and northerly winds predominated, 

 and the temperature was generally below the normal, there 

 being a marked absence of warm days. Constant migration 

 is recorded during the month. During the whole of April, 

 Redwings are recorded all over Scotland, passing north to 



