146 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



REPORT ON THE MOVEMENTS AND OCCUR- 

 RENCE OF BIRDS IN SCOTLAND DURING 



1893. 



By LIONEL W. HINXMAN, B.A. 



SCHEDULES were sent, as last year, by Messrs. Harvie- 

 Brown and Eagle Clarke to all the light-stations on the 

 Scottish coasts, and of these fourteen have been returned 

 filled up. Schedules and notes have also been received from 

 twenty-five other observers in different parts of the country, 

 making a total of thirty-nine reports examined and tabulated. 

 While there is thus a slight decrease in the number of 

 schedules sent in, their individual merit and the amount of 

 information which they contain is considerably in advance 

 of those received last year. 



The faunal areas of Clyde and West Ross are now 

 represented in the report, but additional observations are 

 needed from Sutherland, Dee, Moray, West Ross, Tweed, 

 and Solway ; and it is hoped that subscribers to the 

 " Annals " resident in those districts may be induced to 

 interest themselves and their friends in this direction. It is 

 also still to be regretted that no returns are available from 

 the Isle of May. 



We would again express our hearty thanks to all those 

 who have so kindly helped us in these inquiries, and also to 

 Mr. T. G. Laidlaw for assistance in the despatch and collec- 

 tion of reports. 



The following list gives the names of observers from 

 whom schedules have been received. The localities are 

 arranged under the different faunal areas, proceeding from 

 north to south along the east and west coasts. 



NORTHERN ISLES. 

 SHETLAND. 



Locality. Name of Observer. 



North Unst L.H. James Ferrier, Lightkeeper. 



Bressay L.H. James M'Guffie, ,, 



Scousbrough, Dunrossness Thos. Henderson, jun. 



