84 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



May, about end of May ; Black Tern (Hydrochelidon nigra\ 

 Havvick, June 2 ; and Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus), 

 Stromness, Orkney, October 16. 



TURDUS MUSICUS (Song Thrush). 



Orkney Noup Head, Oct. 26, at lantern all night, a rush; 

 Nov. 4, a great number all night, nine killed. Moray Fochabers, 

 Feb. 23 to March i, many returned during this week. Dee 

 Buchanness, Oct. 25, flying about, 10 P.M. to daylight, two killed; 

 Nov. 4, great numbers, twenty-four killed, also Blackbirds, Starlings, 

 Pipits, etc. Tay Auchinblae, March 2, returned. Bell Rock, 

 March 6-7, at lantern; isth, two at light; April 24, two; Sept. 26, 

 one killed. Forth Isle of May, March i, several, midnight; 

 May 4, a few; Sept. 22, all night. Tweed Hawick, Feb. 26, 

 numerous. Outer Hebrides Flannans, Nov. 7, great rush of Tur- 

 didce, lantern covered, great many killed; Nov. 19, fresh rush with 

 Fieldfares, Redwings, and Larks. Argyll and Isles Tiree, April i, 

 have left ; Oct. 18, returned ; Nov. 2 i, very large flocks of Thrushes, 

 Fieldfares, Redwings, and a few Blackbirds. Skerryvore, Feb. 27, 

 at lantern with Pipits; March 28, rush of Thrushes, Blackbirds, 

 Starlings, and Larks; March 31, Thrushes and Blackbirds, several 

 killed; Nov. 3-4, strong rush with Fieldfares, Redwings, Black- 

 birds, etc.; Nov. 25, striking, several killed; Nov. 29, rush of Tur- 

 did^e; Dec. 7-10, Thrushes and Larks. Dhuheartach, Feb. 23-24, 

 numbers all night with Blackbirds, Redwings, Starlings, Larks, and 

 Pipits; March i, numbers at light; March 4, numbers with Red- 

 wings. 



Principal movements, Feb. 23-27; March 7, 28-31; Nov. 



4, 6-7. 



TURDUS ILIACUS (Redwing). 



Shetland Dunrossness, April 15, a few. Orkney Sule Skerry, 

 March 31, one, first this spring; Oct. i, a few, with Fieldfares and 

 Starlings; Nov. 21, at light, Fieldfares, Starlings, etc. Pentland 

 Skerries, Oct. 21 to Nov. 10, numerous all over the island. Bell 

 Rock, Oct. 15, flying round lantern, 3-5 A.M. Forth Yester, 

 E. Lothian, Oct. n, a few. Tweed Cromilt, Oct. 14, several. 

 Outer Hebrides Flannans, April 7, several; 9-10, flying in rays, 

 great many, with Wheatears and Snow Buntings; April 17, two, 

 one killed by Hawk ; Oct. 3, one ; 6-7, a rush, with Pipits and 

 Wheatears, many at lantern ; Nov. 4, several, Pipits, etc. ; Nov. 7, 

 great rush of Turdidse ; Nov. 19, first rush, Fieldfares, Thrushes, 

 and Larks; Dec. 5, rush with Fieldfares; during December, num- 

 bers found on island in very poor condition, too weak to fly. Barra, 

 Oct., last week, arrived. Lochmaddy, April 13, about a score. 

 Argyll and Isles Tiree, April i, have left; Nov. 3, 10, and n, in 



