Ii8 THE SCOTTISH NATURALIST 



Kyleakin on 29th March. Flocking had begun about Dundee on 

 14th July and at Loch Elrig on 23rd July, and immigration is 

 reported at Cullen on 20th September. 



The Chaffinch, Fringilla ccelebs coelebs. Pretty constant move- 

 ment of small numbers is recorded from the Isle of May from i8th 

 March to 15th May, and single birds at the Muckle Flugga lantern 

 at midnight on 2nd April and at Foula on 17th April. On 20th 

 September immigration was noticed at Cullen, a flock at Pladda 

 on 28th September, single birds pretty frequently at Galson 

 (O.H.) between 29th October and 30th November, and at 

 Westray on 24th November. On 2nd December a flock of about 

 four hundred females was seen in a stubble field near Alticig 

 (Wigtownshire), while a flock of over a thousand is recorded from 

 Banff on 5th December. 



The Brambling, Fringilla mo7itifringilla. Northward move- 

 ment took place pretty steadily at the Isle of May from 13th April 

 to 15th May, and a female was seen at Noss Head on i6th April. 

 The only autumn record is from Pladda where one was seen on 7th 

 September, but several stations comment on the scarcity or absence 

 of this species during autumn and winter. 



The House-sparrow, Passer doinesticus domes ticus. Many 

 were found at Lerwick on 21st January frozen to death during the 

 intense cold which prevailed at the time. 



The Tree-sparrow, Passer montaniis montanus. A flock of 

 eight or ten were observed at Cullen on 9th March. 



The Corn-bunting, Emheriza calandra calandra. Flocks of 

 two and three hundred are reported near Eyemouth on 9th January 

 and 17th March, fluctuating numbers at Noss Head between 12th 

 January and 23rd March, a flock of twenty at Cullen on 24th 

 January, and one of thirty there on 13th March, and a flock of about 

 twenty at Collessie (Fife) on 27th February. In autumn movement 

 is noted from Noss Head on nth and 24th October, and from 

 Galson (O.H.) from 12th November to 5th December. 



The Yellow Bunting, Emheriza citrinella citritiella. A migrant 

 appeared at Noss Head on 23rd April, and four at Vallay 

 (O.H.) on 2nd May. In autumn two are reported from Noss 

 Head on nth October, and single birds at the same station on 9th 

 and 17th November. 



The Ortolan, Emheriza hortulana. See p. 10 r. 



