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their breeding-haunts. Rushes are noted at the Flannans on 

 the 2nd and I ith, at Sule Skerry on the 5th, and at Fair 

 Isle on the I4th and 2oth. Fieldfares, Thrushes, and Snow- 

 buntings were also moving throughout the month, and Lap- 

 wings are noted at Fair Isle during this period. At this 

 station Rooks were passing till the 8th, while on the i$th 

 one was captured on the " Goldseeker " in the North Sea in 

 57 i i' N. x 3 5' E. Great Skuas began to arrive at their 

 nesting-places on the ist, while by the 3rd the first Swallows 

 are recorded from Fossil Marsh, Clyde (2.ii.i28), by the I4th 

 they are reported from several localities on both East and 

 West Coasts. On the 4th the first Redstart of the season 

 appeared on Fair Isle, and a Great Grey Shrike arrived at 

 this station on the 6th. The first record of Sandwich Terns 

 comes from Largo Bay on the 7th, this being unusually 

 early ; on the same day an early arrival of Whimbrel is 

 noted at Tiree. Sand-martins are first recorded on the gth 

 at Duddingston and Dalmore (Ross), both on the East Coast, 

 the first West Coast record being at Beith (Clyde) on the 

 1 4th (2.ii.i28). Ring-ouzels are reported on the loth from 

 Dumfriesshire, on the I2th from Little Ross (Kirkcudbright), 

 on the i 5th from Mull, and from Clyde next day (2.11.128) ; 

 by the 24th they had reached Bressay (Shetland). On the 

 i ith House-martins arrived at Lamlash (2.ii.i 28), and the 

 1 4th brings the first record of the Willow-warblers, one being 

 killed at the Mull of Galloway Light ; and Common Sand- 

 pipers arrived at Crosswood Reservoir (Forth) and Beith 

 (Clyde, 2.ii. 128). A Robin was caught on the "Goldseeker" in 

 57 1 8' N. x 3 43' E. Cuckoos arrived in Dumfriesshire on 

 the i 5th (" Birds of Dumfriesshire," p. 173), and at Kilmal- 

 colm (Clyde) on the 1 7th (2.ii. i 28). On the 1 6th two Wheat- 

 ears, a Meadow-pipit, a Siskin, and a Goldcrest were caught 

 on the "Goldseeker" in the North Sea, 57 5' N. x o 5' E., 

 and the last Grey Plover was seen in the Dornoch Firth. 

 The 1 9th shows an arrival of Willow- warblers, these being 

 recorded from several places in Forth and one in Clyde 

 (2.ii. 128), and up to the end of the month the arrival of 

 small numbers of these birds is noted in many Scottish 

 localities. The first record of Common Terns comes from 

 Little Ross on the igth, and on the 22nd Tree-pipits arrived 



