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2nd week, left, very numerous during October. South Uist and 

 Benbecula, very numerous in December. Flannans, Oct. 30, large 

 flock; Dec. 17, a flock. Island Glass, Oct. 26, numbers all day, 

 left about 4 P.M. Argyll and Isles Tiree, Oct. 21, several. 



FRINGILLA CCELEBS (Chaffinch). 



Shetland Scousburgh, Jan. 31 ; Oct. 5. Orkney Sule Skerry. 

 Nov. i, in rush with Fieldfares, Blackbirds, etc. ; Nov. 30, one. 

 Outer Hebrides Barra, Eoligary, April, 2nd week, left, returned in 

 October. Flannans, Oct. 30, great numbers; Nov. 13, a flock: 

 Nov. 20, large flock; 23rd, several; Dec. 3, flock; 23rd, a flock. 

 Island Glass, Oct. 7, flying round and striking (leg and wing sent) ; 

 Oct. 26, numbers with Greenfinches, Blackbirds, and Starlings all 

 day, left about 4 P.M. Argyll and Isles Dhuheartach, Nov. 2, 

 killed at light; Oct. 8, five at lantern ; 2ist, three; Nov. 10, great 

 numbers all day. Tiree, Dec. 24, small flock at Heanish. 



FRINGILLA MONTIFRINGILLA (Brambling). 



Tay Strathallan, Oct. 2, one. Forth North Berwick, Nov. 

 17, flock; Nov. 23, about a dozen near Ormiston, E. Lothian. 

 Tweed Halmyre, March 20, several. Outer Hebrides Flannans, 

 Nov. 15, nine or ten. Clyde Carmichael, Feb. 24, small flock : 

 Nov. 13. 



LOXIA CURVIROSTRA (Crossbill). 



Orkney Gramesay, Aug. 13, a c in orange-red plumage, killed 

 by Hawk (bird received). Forth Aug. 13, one near Linlithgow. 

 U'esf -Ross Sept. 20, flock in Inverbroom garden. 



PLECTROPHANES NIVALIS (Snow Bunting). 



Shetland North Unst, March 14, a flock ; Sept. 14, on rock. 

 Scousburgh, Oct. 29, first flock. Orkney Noup Head, Sept. 2 4, a few ; 

 Oct. 1 6, all night at lantern ; Nov. 10, at lantern; Sule Skerry, March 4, 

 a large flock; April i 5, a flock in summer plumage; April 20, a flock : 

 May 3, several; June 16, three; Sept. 18, first; Nov. i, a large 

 flock; Nov. 6, a rush all night. Moray May 21, summit of 

 Caln-na-Gobhn, Broulin Forest, Oct. 30, three. Forth North 

 Berwick, Oct. 10, single bird. Isle of May, Nov. 28, small flock. 

 Tweed Cramilt, Nov. 1 i, several. Outer Hebrides Flannans, 

 March 3, flock ; 6th, several flocks ; i2th, numerous ; i5th, in great 

 numbers, with Larks, Blackbirds, etc. ; April 20, flock, very fine 

 plumage, nearly pure white; Sept. 25, nine; Oct. 2, in thousands: 

 Nov. 6, great rushes, several killed ; Dec. 3, a large flock. Monach, 

 Dec. ii, a flock. Island Glass, Oct. 6-7, at light, with Thrushes, 

 etc. Barra, April, 3rd week, left. Argyll and Isles Tiree, April 16, 

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