MOVEMENTS OF BIRDS IN SCOTLAND DURING 1893 H9 



with rushes of Wheatears on 2Oth April and I5th and i6th 

 May ; the latter rush including also " Titlarks," Warblers, and 

 Swifts. The northerly migration of White Wagtails (Motacilla 

 alba} was also well marked at Tiree and Barra during April 

 and May. 



The autumn migration presents few points of special 

 interest. The principal movements on the East Coast 

 appear to have taken place on 4th, 5th, and 9th October- 

 Finches and Linnets; i5th and i6th October Fieldfares 

 and Redwings; and loth November Finches; but no 

 great rush occurred like that of the 5th and 6th Octobcr 

 1892. On the West Coast an early migration of Wheatears 

 is reported from Skerry vore on 23rd August, repeated on 

 1 4th and i 5th September and iSth October. Flocks of White 

 Wagtails on their way south were observed in Tiree on 

 24th, 25th, and 29th August. A considerable rush, noted at 

 I. Ghlais, Monach, and Skerryvore, took place between the 

 loth and I3th of November, with light easterly winds, and 

 included Thrushes, Blackbirds, Fieldfares, Redwings, Finches, 

 and Starlings. 



Large flocks of Rooks and Jackdaws appeared in Barra 

 and the Monach Isles, and were also seen passing Skerryvore, 

 between 27th October and 9th November, during and after a 

 gale from the W.NAV. From Monach they were observed 

 in hundreds on 9th November, travelling N.N.W. in the 

 direction of St. Kilda, a few returning on the I oth and I I th, 

 while some were found washed up on the shore. 



Other points worthy of note are : the occurrence of 

 the Wax wing (Ampclis garrula] in many widely separated 

 localities from January to April, and it is reported that there 

 is some reason for believing that a pair reared their young 

 near Invergowrie ! ; the unusual number of Quail (Coturnix 

 coniiiiniiis) present in Scotland during the summer and autumn, 

 and known to have bred in Unst, the Lothians, and Dumfries- 

 shire ; the further extension of range to the north and 

 north-west of the House Sparrow, Stock Dove, and Sandwich 

 Tern ; and, finally, the capture of a specimen of the Red- 

 breasted Flycatcher {Muscicapa parva] at Monach Light- 

 house by Mr. W. A. Tulloch a most interesting fact, and 

 the first record of this rare straggler for Scotland. 



