176 THE SCOTTISH NATURALIST 



The Sedge- warbler, Acrocephalus schcenob&nus. Is first 

 reported at Mochrum Loch (Wigtownshire) on 28th April, Possil 

 Marsh on 30th April (2. viii., 60), Kelvin Valley and Beith on 2nd 

 May, and the Davaar lantern at 3 a.m. on 3rd May. Thereafter 

 there are numerous records of arrival up to 20th May, by which time 

 our breeding birds seemed to be generally distributed. Last heard 

 at Beith on 20th August, one at Loch Elrig (Wigtownshire) on 2nd 

 September, and several at the Little Ross lantern at 11 p.m. on 6th 

 September. 



The Garden-warbler, Sylvia borin. The records of arrival 

 are mostly very late this year ; the first are from Duns on 4th May, 

 Darvel and Beith on 18th May, and Birnam on 22nd May, and a 

 large influx is noted there the following day. After this arrivals are 

 reported up to 27th May, and passage migrants occurred at Lerwick 

 on 30th May and from 7th to 13th June. On 30th August there 

 were a good many Garden-warblers at the Little Ross lantern at 

 1 a.m. ; a few seen in the Cromarty Lighthouse garden on three 

 occasions in September, and one at the Sule Skerry lantern on 22 nd 

 October, were evidently passage migrants, as were also in all proba- 

 bility birds which visited the Isle of May on 28th September. 



The Blackcap, Sylvia atricapilla atricapilla. The first notes 

 of this species are also late this year, being from Lauder, a male, on 

 10th May, and a male and female at Darvel on 18th May, and one 

 at Callander on 20th May. A male on the Isle of May on 26th 

 May was, perhaps, a passage migrant, and females reported from 

 Lerwick on 29th May and 7th June undoubtedly were on their way 

 overseas. In September one or two seen in the garden of Cromarty 

 Lighthouse were evidently passage migrants, and possibly those on 

 the Isle of May on 28th September should come under this head- 

 ing, while on 30th September a Blackcap was killed at the lantern 

 of the Mull of Galloway.. 



The Whitethroat, Sylvia communis communis. Is first recorded 

 from Corsemalzie on 26th April, the Isle of May next day, Kil- 

 conquhar on 29th April, Braidburn, near Edinburgh, on 3rd, and 

 Beith on 4th May. After this many notes come of arrivals up to 

 25th May, by which time our breeding birds seem to have been here 

 in their full numbers. A passage migrant is noted at Lerwick on 

 29th May. On 30th August many Whitethroats were at the Little 

 Ross lantern, probably our own birds leaving us, and a passage 

 migrant visited North Unst next day. Many notes of departure 



