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way north. Two at the Little Ross lantern at i a.m. on 26th 

 April may also have been passage migrants. The first autumn 

 notes come from the Little Ross lantern on 30th August and 

 6th September, and from 27th September to 3rd October there 

 are many notes of Redbreasts at our southern lanterns ; these 

 were probably our own birds leaving us. On 9th October a 

 continental Redbreast, E. r. rubecula, was seen at Cambo, on 

 28th October one arrived at Swona, and during November we have 

 a good many notes of the arrival of continental immigrants in 

 our Northern Isles ; records from Kyleakin and the Isle of May 

 probably refer also to the typical form. On 25th December a few 

 visited this last station, and single birds are recorded at Lerwick 

 on 28th and 31st December. 



The Hedge-sparrow, Prunella modularis. Several Hedge- 

 sparrows arrived on the Isle of May on 31st January and stayed 

 some days. What were probably continental emigrants are reported 

 from Swona on 20th March and 24th April, the Butt of Lewis 

 on 6th April, and Fair Isle on 21st and 22nd April, and the 

 birds noted at the Isle of May on 23rd March and 22nd April 

 may also have belonged to this race. In autumn single birds are 

 recorded from the Isle of May on 23rd and 28th October. 



The Wren, Troglodytes troglodytes troglodytes. A Wren 

 appeared on the Monachs on nth January, and a few on the 

 Isle of May on 31st January and stayed some days, while on 

 5th February one visited Galson. On 5th March Wrens are noted 

 at Sule Skerry and the Muckle Flugga Rock (T. t. zetlandicus ?), 

 single birds at Kyleakin on 23rd March and Hellyar Holm on 

 26th March, and several at the Isle of May on 23rd April. One 

 was at the Little Ross lantern at 4 a.m. on 25th September, and 

 one at Whalsay Skerries lantern at 1 a.m. on 27th September. 

 The Isle of May records arrivals of Wrens on 1st October, Little 

 Ross on nth October, Swona on 19th and 20th October, Kyleakin 

 on 22nd October and 27th November, and "a lot extra" at 

 Barra Head on 23rd October. 



The Swallow, Hirundo rustica rustica. The first records of 

 Swallows are very early this year, being from Barra Head on 

 2nd April, and Possil Marsh next day (2. viii. 60). The next 

 notes are from Loch Leven on 13th April, Possil Marsh again 

 on 15th April (2. viii. 60), and Killantringan next day. From 

 this time up to the end of the month a very large arrival took 



