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May, further arrivals being noted up to 26th May. Last seen at 

 Beith on 23rd July. 



The Blackcap, Sylvia ati-icapilla atricapilla. Single birds are 

 reported from the Isle of May from 6th to 8th May and Darvel on 

 nth May. 



The Whitethroat, Sylvia com??iu?iis conwnmis. Is first 

 recorded from Corsemalzie on 24th April, Milngavie and Fossil 

 Marsh on 27th April, and Bishop Loch, near Glasgow, on 4th May, 

 while a male was killed at the Mull of Galloway lantern that night. 

 Arrivals at nesting places are reported right up to 29th May, the 

 period of maximum movement being between loth and i6th May, 

 when a large influx took place. A passage migrant is noted at 

 Lerwick on 22nd May. Southward movement had begun by 22nd 

 July and continued throughout August. Last seen Beith 29th 

 August, Dundee ist September, and Corsemalzie on 9th September. 



The Lesser Whitethroat, Sylvia curruca curruca. The only 

 record for the year is of several on the Isle of May on 5th May. 



The Fieldfare, Turdiis pilaris. From 20th January to 4th 

 February there are a good many records of small numbers of 

 Fieldfares from such widely separated stations as North Unst, Foula, 

 the Isle of May, and Little Ross, while on 24th January large flocks 

 appeared at Durris. From 12th February till the end of April we 

 have steady reports of movements of Fieldfares from stations all 

 over Scotland, apparently passage migrants, as the great scarcity of 

 this species in the autumn of 191 7 and the ensuing winter would 

 seem to indicate. Last seen at Balhousie, near Largo, on 3rd May, 

 the Muckle Flugga on 5th, Noss Head on 7th, Bressay on 9th, and 

 the Isle of May on 14th May. 



Autumn arrivals took place at Corsemalzie on 4th October, 

 High Glenling (Mochrum) on loth, North Ronaldshay on nth, 

 Kilmacolm on 13th, and Noss Head on 14th October, and during 

 the rest of the month spasmodic movement is noted. A large influx 

 is reported between 2nd and nth November, and two Fieldfares 

 were at the North Ronaldshay lantern at 3 a.m. on 27th November. 



The Missel-thrush, Turdus viscivorus viscivorus. Single birds 

 are recorded from the Isle of May on 12th, 17th, and 24th February. 

 On 1 6th June a flock of thirteen was seen on the moor at Corse- 

 malzie, and flocking was noted at Kirkmichael on i8th June. On 

 5th August a great flock, estimated at 150, was seen in a turnip field 

 at Corsemalzie, a Missel-thrush visited the Isle of May on 7th 

 August, and one was seen at Lerwick on 12 th October. 



