MOVEMENTS OF BIRDS IN SCOTLAND DURING 1893 151 



Moray. Strathspey, Oct. 17 ; Strath Brora, Oct. 28. 



Dee. Fyvie, Oct. 6 ; last seen April 9. 



Tay. Newport, Oct. 8. 



Forth. Pentlands, Sept. 24. 



Tweed. Hallmyre, Oct. 13 ; last seen April 24. 



Argyll and Isles. Skerry vore, Nov. 12, in rush with other Turdidic, E. 



Clyde. Giffnock, Oct. r. 



Earliest record, Sept. 24, Pentlands; latest record, April 24, 

 Hallmyre. Principal movements, Oct. 16, Nov. 12. 



TURDUS MERULA (Blackbird). 



Shetland. Dunrossness, Nov. 16. 



Orkney. Hoy Sound, Sept. 9, in rush with Starlings, W., clear ; N. 

 Ronaldshay, a few with Redwings and Thrushes, mid-Oct. 



Dee. Girdleness, Jan. 9, a few with Thrushes. 



Outer Hebrides. Monach, Jan. 7, March 6 ; first seen in autumn, 

 Oct. i o ; Nov. 1 3, a great rush, thirty-five killed at Light, 

 E.S.E., cloudy, "unusually numerous." Barra, Oct. 10; Oct. 



13, in numbers with Redwings and Chaffinches. 



Argyll and Isles. Tiree, last seen March 13, arrived for winter 

 Oct. 27. Skerry vore, Jan. 10, Feb. 18, March 20, May 24; 

 Nov. 10-12, in rush, E. 



Clyde. Sanda L.H., Nov. 11-15, in rushes, N.E.-E., hazy. 

 Principal movements, Jan. 7-10, Nov. 10-15. 



SAXICOLA CENANTHE (Wheatear). 



Shetland. -Bressay, April 10 ; Aug. 15, S.E., foggy. 



Orkney. N. Ronaldshay, April 7-Oct. i 7 ; Pentland Skerries, April 



I2-Oct. 5. 



Moray. Brora, March 25. 



Dee. Girdleness, March 25; Fyvie, March 28; Buchan Ness, 



Oct. i. 



Tay. Arbroath, March 23-Oct. 9. 

 Forth. Cramond Island, Jan. i [see "Annals," 1893, p. 113]; 



Edinburgh, April 10. 

 Tiveed. Hallmyre, March 30. 

 Outer Hebrides. Monach, April 3 ; Sept. 13, rush, 50 killed at 



Light, S.W., light; last seen Sept. 29. I. Ghlais, June 15, 



great numbers, S., hazy; Barra, March 23; Barra Head, 



March 26-Sept. 29. 

 Argyll and Isles. Tiree, March 28-Sept. 30. Skerryvore, April 



14, 15 ; April 20, a rush, N., hazy; May 3, ro, 15, and 16, in 

 rush with Titlarks and Warblers, S.W., hazy ; Aug. 23, a rush, 

 38 at Light, S.W. ; Sept. 5, four ; Sept. 14, with Titlarks ; Sept. 



15, a rush, S.W., strong; Oct. 7, eighteen at Light, S., light. 



