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CHELIDON URBICA (House Martin). 



Shetland Lervvick, June 4, single bird. Tay Auchinblae, May 

 12, Sept. 27. Forth Tynehead, May i; Dollar, May 3; Craig- 

 house, Edinburgh, Oct. 16. Tweed Chirnside, May, 4, Sept. 10 ; 

 Hallmyre, May 9. Clyde Thornliebank, May 2. Lamlash L.H. 

 May 19, all day, N.E. light breeze ; Sept. 12, flocks all day. Mount 

 Florida, Sept. 25. Solway Whithorn (near), March 22, one flew 

 into a house (see " Annals," p. 193). 



Earliest, March 22, Whithorn; latest, Oct. 16, Craighouse, 

 Edinburgh. 



COTILE RIPARIA (Sand Martin). 



Moray Badenoch, April 27 ; June 5, many hatched. Tay 

 Ballinluig, May i. Forth Dollar, April 24, several. Tweed 

 Chirnside, April 12, Aug. 10; Hallmyre, May 6. Argyll and Isles 

 Skerryvore, Aug. 2-3, a few, midnight, at lantern. Clyde 

 Cambuslang, April 1 1 . 



Earliest, April n, Cambuslang. 



FRINGILLIN/E (Finches and Linnets). 



Orkney Pentland Skerries, Dec. 29, Greenfinch, one killed. 

 Dee Kinnairds Head, Linnets, Sept. 28-29, m large flocks at 

 lantern ; Oct. 2, in great numbers. Rattray Head, Linnets, Oct. 31, 

 at lantern. Peterhead, Greenfinch, Oct. 24-25 ; Nov. 6, large flocks. 

 Forth Dreghorn, Goldfinch, April 18 (see "Annals," p. 193); 

 Crichton, Lesser Redpoll, Oct. 2, small flock ; Isle of May, Dec. 

 8, Greenfinch (leg and wing sent). Tweed Chirnside, April 10, 

 Brambling ; Oct. 20, flocks feeding on beech mast; Oct. 19, 

 Greenfinch and Chaffinch in immense flocks preparing for migra- 

 tion. Outer Hebrides Barra, Brambling, Oct. 21 ; Greenfinch, 

 Oct. 22; Chaffinch, Oct. 19-24; Siskin, Oct. 29, "first record," 

 Nov. i, "about a dozen." Monach, Greenfinch, Oct. 23, flock; 

 Chaffinch, Oct. 24, at lantern. Argyll and Isles Tiree, Chaffinch, 

 Jan. 2, Oct. 9. Dhuheartach, Chaffinch, April 20; Oct. 21, 24, 26, 

 all day going S. ; Nov. 2, all night at lantern. Skerryvore, Chaffinch, 

 Oct. 21-23, a H night flying about light, but not striking; Nov. 1-5, 

 numbers all night, S.E. fresh breeze; Greenfinch, Oct. 25-31, flocks 

 flying past going S.E. Tiree, Greenfinch, Nov. 15, flocks. Clyde 

 Ailsa, Chaffinch, Jan. 2, 27, April 17, Oct. 19; Greenfinch, 

 Jan. 4, 27; House Sparrow, Jan. 7, one seen; Linnet, Jan. 25, 

 four, Feb. 24, seventeen, Oct. 20, twelve; Twite, Jan. 27, "con- 

 siderable movement on this date," N. strong breeze ; Redpoll, April 

 29, two seen. 



Principal movements, Oct. 21-26, Nov. 1-6. 

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