The Annals 



of 



Scottish Natural History 



NO. 19] 1896 [J ULY 



REPORT ON THE MOVEMENTS AND OCCUR- 

 RENCE OF BIRDS IN SCOTLAND DURING 



1895. 



By LIONEL W. HINXMAN, B.A. 



Member of the British Ornithologists' Union. 



I REGRET to have to report a great falling off in the number 

 of schedules sent in for 1895. Twenty only have been 

 received, as compared with thirty-six for 1894, of which 

 ten are from lighthouses and coast-stations, the remainder 

 coming from inland observers. 



The important faunal areas of Moray, West Ross, and 

 Tay, are this year almost entirely unrepresented ; and it is 

 obvious that a report based on such insufficient data can be 

 but a very incomplete record of the bird-movements over the 

 whole of the country during the year. 



It is much to be desired that more observers, especially 

 in the areas mentioned above, may be induced to record and 

 send in their observations. Schedules for the purpose may 

 always be had from Mr. Eagle Clarke, Museum of Science 

 and Art, Edinburgh. All the Light Stations, however, have 

 been furnished with schedules for I 896. In the meanwhile, 

 hearty thanks are again accorded to all those who have so 

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