MOVEMENTS OF BIRDS IN SCOTLAND DURING 1901 71 



the end of August and during September the species men- 

 tioned are recorded at all the stations, the heaviest rush 

 occurring on September 13-14. The principal rushes of 

 Turdidae, Larks, etc., as on the East Coast, were between 

 the middle of October and the second week in November, 

 the dates recorded from the different stations being Flan- 

 nans, October 23-30, great numbers, November 3 and 6 ; 

 Monach, October 13-15, large numbers; Island Glass, 

 October 26-28, flocks; Skerryvore, October 30, November 

 4-7, rushes ; and Dhuheartach, October 23-29, and Novem- 

 ber 2-5, great numbers. 



Other points worthy of note in Scottish Ornithology are 

 the occurrence of the Waxwing {Ainpelis garrulus] in many 

 districts ; the nesting of the Greater Spotted Woodpecker 

 (Dendrocopus major] in several localities ; also the extension 

 of the breeding range of the Pintail (Dafila acutd] to the 

 Border district ; the occurrence of the Black Kite (Milvus 

 migrans] at Aberdeen on April 1 6, and the capture of the 

 Carolina Crake (Porzana Carolina] in Tiree on October 25 

 the two species last named being additions to the Scottish 

 list. 



The list of rare or casual visitants to Scotland during 

 1901 includes the Greenland Redpoll (Linota rostrata) in 

 Barra in September ; Rough-legged Buzzard (Archibuteo 

 lagopus] at Landside, Caithness, on January 29 ; Honey 

 Buzzard (Pcrnis apivorus], Dumfries, January 17 ; Greenland 

 Falcon (Falco candicans], Dunbeath, Sutherland, February 

 26, and Kingussie, Moray, in April ; Turtle Dove (Turtur 

 communis], Gretna, Sohvay, October 1 2 ; Spotted Crake 

 {Porzana maruetta\ Scousburgh, Shetland, September 25, 

 and Dunbar, Forth, August I 5 ; Grey Phalarope (Phalaropus 

 fulicarius], Montrose, Tay, September 9, and Island Glass, 

 Outer Hebrides, November 3 ; Great Snipe (Gallinago 

 major), Shetland, Orkney, Clyde, and Solway, in September ; 

 Green Sandpiper (Totanns ochropus\ South Uist, Outer 

 Hebrides, in the autumn, and Braco, Tay, August 28 ; Smew 

 (Mcrgus albellus], Scousburgh, Shetland, February 14 ; Ivory 

 Gull (Pagophila eburned), Broad ford, Skye, February 6 ; 

 and Fork-tailed Petrel (Oceanodroma leucorrhoa\ Sule Skerry, 

 Orkney, on September 9. 



