The Annals 



of 



Scottish Natural History 



No. 43] 1902 [JULY 



REPORT ON THE MOVEMENTS AND OCCUR- 

 RENCE OF BIRDS IN SCOTLAND DURING 



1901. 



By T. G. LAIDLAW, M.B.O.U. 



( Continued from p. 82.) 



ALAUDA ARVENSIS (Skylark). 



Orkney Noup Head, Feb. 25, at lantern; March 26, at light. 

 Sule Skerry, March 10, one. Tay Bell Rock, Feb. 26, at lantern ; 

 March 12-13, on lantern, two killed; April 18, at light. Outer 

 Hebrides Flannans, March 8-9, passing in great flocks; i3th, 

 numbers; i5th, flying round light; Oct. 2, several; Nov. 26, 

 small flock; Dec. 3, about twelve. Monach, Jan. 15, flying round 

 light with Starlings and other birds; March i, at light; April 25, 

 numbers; Oct. 13-15, many with other birds. Island Glass, Oct. 

 28, flocks passing. Argyll and Isles Skerryvore, March 13-16, 

 several at light; 23rd, with other small birds at light; Sept. 16, 

 flocks resting on the rock; 23rd, four at lantern; Nov. 7, three. 

 Dhuheartach, Feb. 18-19, great numbers at light, several killed ; 

 2yth, three killed; March 13-14, great numbers flying in rays, 

 Thrushes, Blackbirds, etc.; March 16, at light; Aug. 29, great 

 numbers with Pipits, Wheatears, and Wagtails; Sept. 12, large 

 numbers, Wheatears, Meadow Pipits, etc.; Nov. 4-5, great numbers 

 of birds, Fieldfares, Redwings, and Skylarks. Clyde Lamlash, 

 Feb. 24, one killed at light. 



Principal movements, March 13-16, Aug. 29, Sept. 12-16, Oct. 

 13-15, and 28th. 



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