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12th March, and on 15th March a female was seen at Corrour 

 feeding in the patches of heather where the deer had scraped away 

 the snow. Strong northward movement is reported from many 

 stations from iSth March to 3rd April, one at the Butt of Lewis 

 on 20th April, and several at Fair Isle on 21st and 25th April. 



The first Snow-buntings seen in autumn were near Pittenweem 

 (Fife) on 16th September, North Ronaldshay next day, and the 

 Muckle Flugga lantern on 19th September at 10 p.m. Steady 

 immigration is recorded from stations all over Scotland from 

 23rd September to 8th November ; fresh arrivals at Sule Skerry 

 and Whalsay Skerries on 13th November, at Swona next day, 

 at the Isle of May on 19th and Pladda on 21st November. 



The Skylark, Alauda arvensis arvensis. A decided movement 

 is noted from 26th January to 5th February from Little Ross (L.), 

 Killantringan (L), and the Isle of May, and a "sudden increase" 

 is reported at Dundee on 13th February. About a hundred and 

 fifty were seen at Tiumpanhead on 20th February, and one struck 

 the Whalsay Skerries lantern at midnight on 29th February. From 

 5th March to 27th April there are constant records of numbers 

 of Skylarks from our southern stations and lanterns; doubtless 

 the earlier were our breeding birds returning, while the later were 

 probably birds on passage to continental breeding-places. Our 

 stations in the Northern Isles report Skylarks from 16th March 

 onwards; on 25th March a good many were found dead in the 

 snow on the Isle of May. Late records, doubtless of passage 

 migrants, come from the lanterns at Killantringan and Holy Island 

 (Arran) on 21st May, and Killantringan at 11.30 p.m. on 24th May. 



On 15th September a number of Skylarks came in from the 

 sea at St Andrews, and on 23rd September there were a great 

 many everywhere at Portmahomack. From 24th September to 

 4th October, and again from 9th October to 3rd November, a 

 great deal of movement is recorded from our more southern 

 stations, the height of the movement being between 26th September 

 and 2nd October. The stations recording this are Little Ross 

 (and L.), Dundee, Largo, Rhinns of Islay (L.), Bell Rock, Pladda 

 (L.), Kingsbarns, Isle of May, and Kelvin Valley. The direction 

 of movement was varied ; at Dundee arrivals from the east are 

 noted, and at Kingsbarns (Fife) arrivals were seen coming in over 

 the sea from the east on 9th, nth, 13th, 14th, and 20th October, 

 while on 17th October, in the same locality, parties were observed 

 travelling south along the coast. A recrudescence of the movement 

 on a small scale is noted between 14th and 21st November, four 



