196 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



with the great immigration of the Redwing, 1 7th- 1 9th 

 October. 



Fair Isle reports for the year, it will be observed, are 

 confined to the species new to the Island's fauna. 



Cordial thanks are tendered to all contributors. Very 

 many of the schedules received leave nothing to be desired. 

 Information has been received from the following among 

 others : The Light-Keepers, Sule Skerry ; John S. Tulloch, 

 Lerwick ; Annie C. Jackson, Swordale ; Leonora Jeffrey 

 Rintoul and Evelyn V. Baxter, Largo ; William Berry, 

 Tayfield ; John Maccuish, Isle of May ; Lewis Dunbar, 

 Thurso ; Thos. F. Dewar, M.D., D.Sc., Forfar ; Wm. F. 

 Little, Crosswood Reservoir, West Calder ; William Evans, 

 Edinburgh ; S. E. Brock, Kirkliston ; Robert Anderson, 

 Flannan Islands ; Robert Agnew, Monach ; D. Macdonald, 

 Tobermory ; R. Clyne, Butt of Lewis ; Robert Service, 

 Dumfries ; James Bartholomew, Beattock ; T. Thornton 

 MacKeith, Caldwell ; John Craig, Beith ; Dr. Niel Fullarton, 

 Lamlash ; Rev. J. D. W. Gibson, Carmichael ; John 

 Robertson, Robert, Hugh W., and Thomas Wilson, Alex. 

 Ross, Robert Henderson, R. M. Buchanan, W. Rennie, 

 Angus M'Leod, Glasgow ; A. Shanks, Dairy. 



TURDUS VISCIVORUS (Mistle-Thrush). Pairing, Gilston (Fife), 6th 

 February; appear in Mull (6) on i2th. First egg, Gilston, 

 loth April, and last in full song, Lee Castle (Lanark), 6th June. 

 In passage, Swordale (E. Ross), 23rd August, iyth October; 

 Isle of May, 23rd September, and yth October ; Mull, 4th till 

 2ist October, feeding on rowans. 



T. MUSICUS (Song-Thrush). Movements at Isle of May, 2ist to 

 26th March (p. 7). Laying begins, Scotscraig, 2oth March. 

 Young newly hatched, Kilchattan (Bute), i9th April. Last 

 in song, nth July, Kirkliston, and regains song there 8th 

 September. On the Isle of May, loth September till 28th 

 October, in varying numbers (p. 7). 



T. ILIACUS (Redwing). - - Last mainland observations in spring, 

 nth and i2th April, Lochwinnoch and Giffnock (Renfrew) 

 respectively, and Gilston (Fife) (20) on i6th. The most 

 impressive feature of the ornithology of Scotland in this year 

 is the narrative of the contributors to this report of the great 

 immigration of the Redwing in October. The first mainland 

 observation was on the sth at Cathcart (Renfrew), followed 



