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almost without exception, from some easterly quarter. A 

 good deal of passage migration is also recorded, and winter 

 visitors were leaving the country. After the i6th the main 

 movement was at an end, some few arrivals are still recorded, 

 belated winter visitors were leaving, and a few passage 

 migrants were noted. 



/ Jtme. 



No passage movements are reported in June, the winds 

 being almost without exception from some northerly and 

 westerly quarter ; the first half of the month was warm, the 

 second cold. The notes sent refer to the flocking of various 

 species after nesting, and towards the end of the month 

 returns of Wader and Black-headed Gulls to the shore are 

 recorded. 



July. 



During the first half of July, with variable winds and a 

 temperature mostly below normal, there were slight indica- 

 tions of autumn movement and further returns of Wader to 

 the shore. After this to the end of the month the weather 

 was thundery and unsettled, with heavy rain. More 

 movement is recorded ; some Passeres, Cuckoos, and Swifts 

 were moving. Wader in small numbers arrived from over- 

 seas, and there was also a good deal of local Wader 

 movement. 



August. 



In the first fortnight, with warm, unsettled weather, a 

 certain amount of Passerine, Duck, and Wader movement 

 took place, but no rush is recorded ; rock-breeding birds 

 and Terns were leaving their nesting-places. To the end of 

 the month the weather remained unsettled; many of our 

 summer visitors left, there was a good deal of passage 

 migration, and two Whooper Swans are recorded from North 

 Uist on the 24th. 



Septonber. 



Throughout September the wind was almost entirely 

 from some westerly quarter, the weather was cold and there 

 was a great deal of rain ; a steady movement took place 



