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birds; April 2nd, in rush, several killed; April i4th and i5th, at 

 lantern ; Oct. ;th, at light, with Pipits, Thrushes, and Fieldfares. 

 Dhuheartach, March i3th, flying round light with Thrushes and 

 Lapwings; April 2nd and 3rd, at light with Thrushes, Redwings, 

 and Pipits; Sept. 2 ist, passing ; Oct. ist, all night; Oct. 8th, flocks 

 passing all day ; Oct. 23rd and 24th, rush of birds. Clyde Thank- 

 erton, Sept. i4th, great migratory flight. 



Principal movements, March yth-gth and i3th, April 2nd-3rd, 

 Oct. yth-Sth, 23rd and 24th. 



CYPSELUS APUS (Swift). 



Dee Aberdeen, May i5th, two ; Sept. 2nd, two. Rattray Head, 

 August 3oth, caught on tower, other birds at lantern. Toy 

 Fordoun, May loth. Forth Morningside, May 4th, one. 

 Linlithgow, May 6th. Musselburgh, May 1 3th, Aug. loth. Tweed 

 Halmyre, May loth, passing. Chirnside, May loth, Aug. 31. 

 Argyll and Isles Skerryvore, May 6th, resting in window ; July 

 1 8th, one caught on tower. Dhuheartach, April 28th, one flying 

 about rock; July i8th, three; Aug. 6th, two. Clyde Crookstone 

 and Kilbirnie Loch, May 3rd. So/way Dumfries, May i8th. 



Earliest, April 28th, Dhuheartach; latest, Sept. 2nd, Aberdeen. 







CAPRIMULGUS EUROP^US (Nightjar). 



Orkney Deerness, May igth. Dee Aberdeen, May 24th. 

 Clyde Lamlash, April 23rd. Pollokshaws, May 2 ist. 



DENDROCOPUS MAJOR (Great Spotted Woodpecker). 



West Ross Braemore, March Qth ("Annals," 1899, p. no). 

 forth Dalmeny Park, pair remained till first week in May. 

 Dalkeith Park, March i6th, two. Tweed Chirnside, several in 

 district. Two nests at Duns Castle, from which the young got off. 

 Argyll and Isles Skerryvore, Oct. 28th, one caught on rock. 



CUCULUS CANORUS (Cuckoo). 



Sutherland Cape Wrath, May igth, one. Dee Aberdeen, 

 May nth. Tay Comrie, April 29th. Forth Dalmeny, May 5th. 

 Isle of May, May i5th. Tweed Halmyre, April 23rd ; Aug. iSth, 

 adult. Broughton, April 26th. Chirnside, April 28th. Argyll 

 and Isles Skerryvore, April 26th. Dhuheartach, April 26th. 

 Tiree, May 8th. Clyde Milngavie, April 8th. Lendalfoot and 

 Beith, April 26th. Lamlash L.H., May ist. Thankerton, May 

 ist. Sohvay Dumfries, April i2th. 



Earliest, April 8th, Milngavie. 



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