MOVEMENTS OF BIRDS IN SCOTLAND DURING 1897 205 



SAXICOLA CENANTHE (Wheatear). 



Orkney North Ronaldshay, Oct. n, good many. Sutherland 

 Cape Wrath, April 4-5, a few. Moray Badenoch, April 5. 

 Dee Peterhead, April 4; Sept. 27, scarce this season. Tay 

 Auchinblae, Sept. 2 7, left. Forth Aberfoyle, March 2 7 ; Torduff, 

 April i, a pair; Lammermuirs, April 10. Tweed Chirnside, April 

 5, Sept. 5 ; Hallmyre, April 6. Outer Hebrides Barra, March 31 ; 

 Monach, Sept. 5. Argyll and Isles Tiree, March 29, small 

 flock. Dhuheartach, April 27, flying about lantern, with Goldcrests ; 

 August 22, four on rock; Sept. i, all night in hundreds, with Larks 

 and Wagtails. Skerryvore, March 29, one at lantern; Aug. 22, 31- 

 Sept. i, rush, with other birds, many killed, S. strong breeze ; Sept. 8, 

 in rush with other birds; Sept. 29-30, flocks at lantern with other 

 small birds; Oct. 23, along with rush of Turdidae. Clyde Ailsa, 

 March 29 ; Beith, April 3 ; Thornliebank, April 4 ; Lamlash L.H., 

 May 21, first arrivals; Tighvein, Arran, Sept. 27. Sohvay Mull 

 of Kintyre, April 4. 



Earliest, March 27, Aberfoyle; latest, Oct. 23, Skerryvore. 

 Principal movements, Sept. i-S. 



RUTICILLA PHCENICURUS (Redstart). 



Moray Badenoch, April 17. Tay Ballinluig, May 2. Forth 

 -Templehouse, April i ; Dalmeny, May 2 ; Dreghorn, April 27 ; 

 Dollar, May 4; Isle of May, Sept. 4. Tweed Chirnside, May i, 

 Aug. 20; Hallmyre, May 4. Argyll and Isles Skerryvore, March 

 27, at lantern ; Oct. i, a number. Dhuheartach, Nov. 2. Clyde 

 Carluke, April 26; x\ilsa, May n; Queen's Park, Glasgow, 

 Sept. 6. 



Earliest, March 27, Skerryvore; latest, Nov. 2, Dhuheartach. 



ERITHACUS RUBECULA (Robin). 



Orkney North Ronaldshay, Oct. 4, a few. Dee Peterhead, 

 no definite rush. Argyll and Isles Dhuheartach, Oct. 25 ; Tiree 

 Oct. 26. Clyde Lamlash L.H., Aug. 27 ; Ailsa, Sept. 3. 



SYLVIA CINEREA (Whitethroat). 



Orkney North Ronaldshay, July 7, a few. Dec Peterhead, 

 May 26. Tay Tay field, May 2. Forth Dollar, April 30 ; 

 Dalmeny, May i; Kirknewton, May 11. Tweed Hallmyre, May 

 i; Chirnside, May 5, Sept. 10. Outer Hebrides Barra, May 17. 

 Clyde Thornliebank, April 29; Ailsa, two pairs bred on Craig. 



Earliest, April 29, Thornliebank; latest, Sept. 10, Chirnside. 



