MOVEMENTS OF BIRDS IN SCOTLAND DURING 1892 147 



REPORT ON THE MOVEMENTS AND OCCUR- 

 RENCE OF BIRDS IN SCOTLAND DURING 



1892. 



By LIONEL W. HINXMAN, B.A. 



The usual schedules for recording notes on the move- 

 ments and occurrence of birds during the past year were sent 

 by Messrs. Harvie-Brown and Eagle Clarke to all the sixty 

 light-stations on the Scottish coasts. Of these, twenty-two 

 have been returned. Schedules were also sent to others who 

 were thought likely to take an interest in the matter, with the 

 result that notes have been received from twenty-five observers 

 in different parts of the country, making a total of forty-three 

 schedules tabulated. To those who have so kindly aided 

 us in these inquiries, and to Mr. T. G. Laidlaw for other as- 

 sistance, our hearty thanks are accorded, coupled with the 

 hope that we may continue to be favoured with their valuable 

 co-operation in the future. 



Further observations are much needed from the faunal 

 areas of Sutherland, West Ross, Moray, Dee, Tweed, Clyde, 

 and Solway West Ross and Clyde being at present entirely 

 unrepresented ; and it is hoped that a larger number of 

 schedules will be available for next year's report. It is also 

 a matter of regret that no returns have been made from the 

 Isle of May, one of the most important stations for migration 

 records. 



The following list gives the names of observers from whom 

 schedules and notes 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. 



Burrafiord, N. Unst (Shore James Ferrier, Lightkeeper. 



Station) 



Sumburgh Head L.H. James Youngclause, ,, 



Dunrossness j. A. Harvie-Brown. 



Foula F. Traill 



