120 THE SCOTTISH NATURALIST 



25th Auy,ust, and three Tree-pipits at Noss Head on nth 

 September. 



The Meadow-pipit, Anthus pratensis. An arrival is recorded 

 at Largo on 25th March, and from this time till mid-April consider- 

 able movement is noted from all parts of Scotland. An influx is 

 reported from the Isle of May on loth May. Autumn movement 

 is first recorded from Dundee on nth August, and from this time 

 till nth October there are continuous notes of the passage of this 

 species ; the periods of maximum movement seem to be 6th and 

 7th September, 24th to 26th September, and nth October. The 

 records come chiefly from our southern stations, but there are also 

 a few from Noss Head. On 12th November five are reported from 

 Galson (O.H.), and a flock of eleven and several single birds on 

 the moor at Corsemalzie on 30th November, 



The Rock-pipit, Anthus spbioktta petrosus. An influx is 

 noted at the Isle of May on 31st March, and one at the Little Ross 

 lantern at 3 a.m. on 5th April. On 3rd September twelve arrived 

 on the Muckle Flugga Rock, and on the 6th many appeared on 

 Pladda, and several are recorded in Wigtown Bay on 21st October. 



The Yellow Wagtail, Motacilla fiava rayi. Is first reported 

 from Killermont (Clyde) on 24th April, Darvel and Houston on the 

 27th, and Rouken Glen and Summerston on 28th April. An adult 

 female was sent from the Mull of Kintyre Lighthouse on 3rd May, 

 and a female was observed in Bute on 17th May (i. 1918, 286). 

 Last seen at Beith on 12th September and Alticig (Wigtownshire) 

 two days later. 



The Grey Wagtail, Motacilla cinerea cmerea. One is 

 recorded from Largo Bay on 20th January, two from North Unst 

 on 1 8th May, and one at the latter station on 20th August. 

 A good deal of movement from breeding haunts to winter quarters 

 is noted between 8th September and 13th October, and three Grey 

 Wagtails visited Little Ross on 23rd October. 



The White Wagtail, Motacilla alba alba. The first record of 

 the passage of this Wagtail is from Noss Head on 15th March, and 

 from that time till 8th May steady movement appears to have taken 

 place along both east and west coasts. The return movement in 

 autumn is equally well marked : on 21st August seven, one being an 

 adult, appeared at Noss Head, and records come constantly from 

 this station, Banff, Tayport (Fife), Beith, Isle of Whithorn, and Alticig 

 (Wigtownshire) up to nth October, on which date seven, including 

 two adults, are reported at Noss Head. 



