MOVEMENTS OF BIRDS IN SCOTLAND DURING 1902 83 



September ; a strong rush, many being killed at the light, 

 is noted on the 2Qth and 3Oth. The first rush of 

 Turdidae was on October 5 and 6, but the principal move- 

 ment, as on the East Coast, was at the beginning of November. 

 The observer at this station writes on the 7th : " Never 

 before observed anything like the number of birds on 

 lantern, all kinds killed in great numbers." And further : 

 " An exceptional month for migration, the birds passing 

 and resting have been more numerous than I ever saw in 

 my lighthouse experience Fieldfares, Redwings, Thrushes, 

 Blackbirds, Larks, also Woodcocks." At Skerryvore a few 

 small birds were striking on August 12, and, as at the 

 Flan nans, birds on passage were very numerous from Sep- 

 tember 9 till the beginning of October. The rush of 

 Turdidae early in November was also strongly in evidence 

 at this station. At Dhuheartach from August 20 to middle 

 of September numbers of Whinchats, Pipits, Wagtails, and 

 Larks were passing ; thousands at light on September 10-1 i, 

 many killed ; dozens on rock on the day following. Solway, 

 September 22, "very big movement this morning, flocks of 

 Thrushes, Tree Pipits, and Skylarks passing south ; October 

 13, migration may be considered over for the season, never 

 saw less of it ; weather calm, misty near ground, clear above." 

 Among the casual visitants to Scotland during 1902 

 the most interesting is Phylloscopus viridamis, obtained at 

 Sule Skerry on September 5 (the first record of the species 

 for Scotland and second for Britain). Other species that 

 may be noticed here include the Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia 

 curruca\ also obtained at Sule Skerry on Sept. 1 7 ; Great 

 Gray Shrike (Lanius excnbitor], St. Boswells, April 9, and 

 Halmyre, November 24 ; Hoopoe (Upupa epops), Loch 

 Spynie, April 26, and Dunbar, about April 22 ; Little Owl 

 (Athene noctua), Kincardine, February i ; Rough-legged 

 Buzzard (Archibutco lagopns), Ternavon and Loch Fyne, 

 October 9 ; Osprey (Pandion halicetus), Lewis, in April ; 

 Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus), Kelso, November i 7, and 

 Islay, October 30 ; Turtle Dove (Turtur commnnis] and 

 Quail (Coturnix communis], Dunrossness, Shetland, in June ; 

 Wood Sandpiper (Totanus glareold], Eday, Orkney, Sep- 

 tember i ; Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa belgica], Isle of 



