REPORT ON SCOTTISH ORNITHOLOGY IN 1916 175 



Arbroath, some at the Little Ross lantern at 1 a.m. on 30th August, 

 three at Culzean, Ayr, on 6th September, last seen at Beith on 20th 

 September, some on the Isle of May on 28th September, and the 

 last for the season was killed at the Little Ross lantern on 2/3rd 

 October and sent to us. 



The Northern Chiffchaff, Phylloscopus collybita abietinus. 

 Single birds reported from Lerwick on 27th and 29th May probably 

 belonged to this subspecies. 



The Siberian Chiffchaff, Phylloscopus collybita tristis. See 

 p. 150. 



The Willow-warbler, Phylloscopus trochilus trochilus. The 

 first record for 19 16 is a very early one, namely 3rd April at Beith ; 

 the next are Duddingston on 17th April (1. 1916, 240), New Gallo- 

 way next day, and the Isle of May and Corsemalzie on 20th April. 

 Thereafter many arrivals are recorded up to 15th May ; the height of 

 the movement was between 27th and 30th April, when large influxes 

 are noted. Passage migrants are reported from Fair Isle on 2 1st and 

 25th April, and a good many Willow-warblers which visited the 

 Isle of May on 21st and 22nd May, and the Holy Island lantern 

 (Arran) from 2-4 a.m. on the former date, probably also fall into 

 this category. Autumn movement is first recorded on 6th August, 

 waxing stronger as the month progressed and continuing steadily 

 till mid-September. Last seen Summerston 16th September, Largo 

 on 25th and Corsemalzie on 28th September. A Willow-warbler 

 at Swona on 13th August was probably a passage migrant; the 

 same remark applies to one at that same station on 28th September 

 and some on the Isle of May from 27th September to 1st October. 



The Wood-warbler, Phylloscopus sibilatrix sibilatrix. Is first 

 recorded from Duns and Loch Ossian side on 27th April, Lauder 

 next day, Peebles on 29th and Darvel on 30th April, and Monreith 

 (Mochrum) on 4th May. After this there are a good many notes of 

 arrival up to 24th May. In autumn single birds were seen at Balgay 

 on 8th August, Redmyre Wood (Forfarshire) next day, and Corse- 

 malzie on 10th September. 



The Grasshopper - warbler, Locustella ncevia ncevia. A 

 passage migrant is noted at Fair Isle on 21st April, and single birds 

 at Beith on 28th April, Giffnock on 4th May, and Kilmalcolm on 

 10th May. 



