MOVEMENTS OF BIRDS IN SCOTLAND DURING 1900 143 



LIMOSA BELGICA (Black-tailed Godwit). 



Argyll and Isles Tiree, May 2, four; Sept. 21, five; Oct. 22, 

 three. 



NUMENIUS ARQUATA (Curlew). 



Tay Auchinblae, May 7, arrived at breeding grounds. Tweed 

 Cramilt, March 22, several; Oct. 3, last seen. Argyll and Isles 

 -Tiree, Sept. 13, large flocks arriving. Dhuheartach, May n, 

 several; Aug. 17, in flocks. Skerryvore, July 27, a flock passing; 

 Aug. 9 and 19, flocks. Clyde Newton, Lanarkshire, May 6, pass- 

 ing N.E. Glasgow, Aug. 5-8, passing S.W. 



NUMENIUS PHTEOPUS (Whimbrel). 



Shetland Dunrossness, Sept. 14, one, Grutness Voe. Orkney 

 A pair bred near Finstown on the Mainland this year, a new 

 locality (" Annals," 1900, p. 245). North Ronaldshay, June 6, three. 

 Forth Dalmeny, May 12, Aug. 7. Outer Hebrides Barra, April 

 25. Argyll and Isles. Tiree, April 30, several flocks have arrived ; 

 May 10, in large flocks. Earraid, April 28, four, passing. Skerryvore, 

 May 2, two on rock. Dhuheartach, May 8, two. Clyde Lamlash 

 L.H., Aug. 2, three. Cardross, Aug. 4, one. St. Ninian's Bay, 

 Bute, Aug. 28, seventeen. 



STERNA FLUVIATILIS (Common Tern). 



Dee Rattray Head, April 26, six, first seen; May 7, many. 

 Aberdeen, May 7, six ; Oct. 6, two killed. Peterhead, Sept. 24, 

 still here. Tay Newport, May i. Bell Rock, Aug. 31, many 

 passing daily for the last fortnight ; Oct. 1 9, four passed. Bo'ness, 

 May 8. Portobello, May 12, many. Dalmeny, Oct. 16, heard 

 overhead. Outer Hebrides Barra, May 14. Argyll and Isles 

 Dhuheartach, May 7, several; May 27, numbers passing all week. 



STERNA MACRURA (Arctic Tern). 



Shetland Dunrossness, Sept. 18, six, Grutness and Pool of 

 Virkie. Orkney Sule Skerry, May i 7, first, much later than usual 

 this year; Sept. 16, last seen. North Ronaldshay, May 21, good 

 many. Dee Aberdeen, May 6, twenty-six ; Sept. 9, about ten. 

 Outer Hebrides Flannan Isles, July i, two. Monach, May 16, 

 ten ; May 20, large numbers. Island Glass, Sept. 16, one at lantern, 

 fog. Argyll and Isles Tiree, May 4, one ; May 7, several. Skerry- 

 vore, May 21, several. Dhuheartach, May i, eight; May 27, pass- 

 ing; Sept. i, one rested on rock. 



