MOVEMENTS OF BIRDS IN SCOTLAND DURING 1893 2I 5 



Argyll and Isles.- Tiree, Oct. 23, flocks of Greenfinches. Skerryvore, 

 Sept. 17, Linnets; Chaffinches singly at intervals, Oct. 9-21; 

 in rush with Turdidcc, Nov. 12. 



Clyde. Mount Florida, Dec. 31, three Goldfinches. 



Principal movements, Oct. 4, 5, 9-13; Nov. 10-13. 



PASSER DOMESTICUS (House Sparrow). 



Outer Hebrides. Barra, Nov. 26, 3 c? , 2$. First time seen here, 

 though P. montanus is abundant and resident. 



PLECTROPHANES NIVALIS (Snow Bunting). 



Shetland. N. Unst, May 28, one; Sept. 19, two. Dunrossness, 



Sept. 1 6, one; Sept. 23, in flocks; Oct. 25-Nov. 6, in rushes. 

 Orkney. N. Ronaldshay, last seen May i, in full breeding plumage ; 



first seen Sept. 19, three; small flocks after Sept. 22; Oct. 9, 



flock of 1000. " Nothing like the numbers seen last year." 

 Moray. Glenavon, Nov. 2 ; Eastern Cairngorms, several localities, 



June and July. 



Dee. Fyvie, March 30, Oct. 28. 

 Forth. Aberlady Bay, April 23. 

 Outer Hebrides. Barra, April 6, "increasing here and remaining for 



the winter." Barra Head, Oct. 6. Monach, Oct. 2, one ; 



Oct. 1 6, in flock with Larks. 

 Argyll and Isles. Ardnamurchan, Sept. 22; Tiree, Oct. 4, 24, in 



numbers. 



Earliest record, Sept. 16, Dunrossness; latest, N. Unst, May 

 28 (possibly remaining to breed). Principal movements, Sept. 22, 

 23 ; Oct. 24-Nov. 6. 



MOTACILLIN,E (Wagtails). 



Orkney. N. Ronaldshay, Aug. 22, small flocks of M. lugubris (Pied 



Wagtail). Pentland Skerries, March 23, M. lugubris ; Sept. 4, 



M. melanope (Gray Wagtail). 

 Dee. Girdleness, Oct. 9, M. lugubris. 

 Forth. M. alba (White Wagtail), two; Aberlady Bay, April 23; 



North Berwick, August 27. 

 Outer Hebrides. Barra, M. alba, May i ; M. melanope, Oct. 6, 



"first record here." Monach, April 19, "Wagtails." 

 Argyll and Isles. Tiree, parties of M. alba travelling N.E., April 7, 



May i ; and again passing S. in small flocks, Aug. 24, 25, 29. 



ANTHUS PRATENSIS (Meadow Pipit). 



Orkney. N. Ronaldshay, a few during September and early October 

 " Does not breed here." 



