MOVEMENTS OF BIRDS IN SCOTLAND DURING 1896 141 



TURDUS PILARIS (Fieldfare). 



Moray Kincraig, Oct. 23. Dee Peterhead, unusually numerous. 



Forth Thriepmuir, Oct. 28. Tweed Chirnside, Nov. i 5. Argyll 



Skerryvore, Oct. n ; Tiree, Oct. 27; Dhuheartach, Nov. 3, 5. 



Clyde Ailsa, Sept. 21 ; Pladda, Oct. 28- April 7 ; Camphill, Oct. 27. 



Earliest observed, Sept. 21, Ailsa. 



TURDUS MERULA (Blackbird). 



Shetland N. Unst, Sept. Dee Peterhead, Oct. 27, on migra- 

 tion. Argyll and Isles Skerryvore, Mar. 14, June 3 ; Nov. 4, 5, 

 inrush; Nov. 26. Dhuheartach, Nov. 5. Clyde Pladda, Mar. 10, 

 in rush with other Turdidce, ; Sept. 2, Dec. 22. 



PRATINCOLA RUBETRA (Whinchat). 



Orkney N. Ronaldshay, Sept. 2, 10, 12, in rush with Warblers. 

 Forth Aberfoyle, May 3. Tweed Chirnside, May 3. Outer 

 Hebrides Barra, May i 2. Argyll and Isles Skerryvore, May 4, 

 Aug. 13, Sept. 4. Clyde Mallsmire, April 29 ; Loch Fyne, Sept. 4. 



Earliest, April 29; latest, Sept. 12. 



SAXICOLA CENANTHE (Wheatear). 



Orkney -Island of Graemsay, May 25-Sept. 17. Moray Glen 

 Feshie, April 7. Dee Peterhead, April 9, Oct. 4. Forth Pent- 

 lands, Mar. 19. Tweed Chirnside, April 22-Sept. 20; Hallmyre, 

 April 8. Outer Hebrides Barra, Mar. 24. Argyll and Isles 

 Tiree, Mar. 25 ; Dhuheartach, Sept. 4-6 (in rush), E., 13-14 (rush), 

 18; Skerryvore, Mar. 12, Apr. i, 14, 21, May 4, 14, 24, Aug. 10, 

 13, Sept. 5-10, in rush with Pipits and Wagtails, E., Sept. 17-21 ; 

 Ben Nevis, April 3. Clyde Ailsa, Sept. 14 (in numbers), April 21 

 Pladda, Sept. 2-7 ; Mallsmire, March 16 ; Neilston, Sept. 20. 



Earliest, March 12, Skerryvore; latest, Oct. 4, Peterhead. 

 Principal movements, Sept. 4-14. 



RUTICILLA PHCENICURUS (Redstart). 



Orkney N. Ronaldshay, Sept. 3; 8-12, "in swarms," a great 

 rush N.E. ; 13 (numbers), 14-19. Sutherland Cape Wrath, May 5. 

 Moray Badenoch, April 22. Dee Rattray Head, Sept. 7. Forth 

 Dalmeny, April 16; Aberfoyle, April 22. Tweed Chirnside, 

 April 28-Aug. 5. Argyll and Isles Skerryvore, August i3-Sept. 8. 

 Clyde Beith, April 28; Camphill, Sept. 10. 



Earliest, April 1 6, Dalmeny ; latest, Ronaldshay, Sept. 1 9. 

 Principal movements, Sept. 8-14. 



