180 THE SCOTTISH NATURALIST 



Kyleakin on 27th November and 13th December, at the Pladda 

 lantern on 27th November and 2nd December, at the Isle of May 

 on 1 6th and 25th December, a migratory movement from E. to W. 

 at Cullen on 20th December, two males on N. Ronaldshay on 22nd 

 December, and a female there on 31st December. 



The Wheatear, CEnanthe cenanthe cenanthe. Is first recorded 

 from West Linton (Peeblesshire) on 19th March, the Isle of May 

 on 21st, Summerston (where 5 inches or more of newly fallen snow 

 was lying) on 25th March, Nevay Park and Possil Marsh (2. viii. 

 59) on 28th March, and the Monachs next day. After this many 

 arrivals are reported up to 8th April, when there is an utter blank 

 till 15th April, after which many arrivals are again noted, and these 

 continue throughout the month. From 18th April to 7th May 

 there are many notes of Wheatears from our Northern Isles and 

 Outer Hebrides, and passage is recorded steadily from the Isle of 

 May up to 17th May. On 21st May at 1 1 p.m. twenty, and on 24th 

 May at 11.30 p.m. twelve, were at the Killantringan lantern, and 

 some Wheatears visited the Isle of May on 26th May. By 8th 

 July this species was on autumn passage at the Isle of May and 

 there are several records from this station during the month ; on 

 1 6th July movement is recorded at Kyleakin, and on 23rd July at 

 Balgay. During August and September there are constant notes 

 from our more southern stations of movements of Wheatears, 

 evidently our breeding birds leaving us and possibly also a proportion 

 of passage migrants. The notes from our northern stations during 

 this time are very few and do not point to any large arrivals there. 

 On i/2nd and 2/3rd October there were large rushes at the 

 Little Ross lantern ; last seen Isle of May on 1st October, Rhinns 

 of Islay lantern on 4th October, Randerston (near Kingsbarns) on 

 15th October, Barra Head on 16th and Galson (O.H.) on 23rd 

 October. Possibly some of the above records may refer to the 

 following race. 



The Greater Wheatear, CEnanthe cenanthe leucorrhoa. Six 

 Greater Wheatears are reported from Beith on 26th April, some on 

 the Isle of May on 27th and 28th April and nth May, and a female 

 on Swona on 5th May. On autumn passage single birds are 

 recorded near Colinsburgh (male) on 29th August, Largo Bay on 

 23rd and 28th September, and the Isle of May on the last-named 

 date. 



The Pied Wheatear, CEnanthe pleschanka pleschanka. See 

 p. 150. 



