126 THE SCOTTISH NATURALIST 



Autumn passage is noted at Noss Head on 27th August, Beith on 

 3rd September, Girlsta (Shetland) from 9th to 13th September, 

 Lerwick on 15th September, and Noss Head on iith October. 



The Whinchat, Saxicola rubetra rubetra. Is first recorded 

 from Craigallian (Milngavie) on 27th April; on 3rd May a lot 

 were on the Isle of May, and arrivals are noted at Aberlady on 4th 

 May, the Mull of Galloway lantern that night, and Uarvel, Summerston, 

 Dundee, and Largo on 5th May. After this the spread was rapid 

 and continued till 14th May. Passage migration is recorded from 

 Noss Head from 7th to i8th May, and Whinchats on the Isle of 

 May on 17th May may also have been passage migrants. By 23rd 

 July movement was again observed near Dundee. Last seen Beith 

 on 8th August, Dundee on nth, and Tayport 17th August. Three 

 visited Noss Head on 26th August and two were there next day, 

 while on 8th September about a dozen on passage were seen at 

 Fossil Marsh. 



The British Stonechat, Saxicola torqiiata hibernans. A male 

 and female were seen at Beith on 3rd September, one at Galson 

 (O.H.) on 23rd October, and a male at Fossil Marsh on 22nd 

 December ; these probably all belonged to the British sub-species. 



The Redstart, Ph<je?itairiis phcenicurus pJiKnicurus. An 

 early bird is recorded from the Isle of May on 22nd April, while 

 some were at this station from 3rd to 8th May. Redstarts are 

 reported at Melrose on 27th April, where a male was caught in a 

 porch sheltering from a blizzard and six inches of snow were lying, 

 Darvel on 5th May, Bathgate on 6th, Edinburgh and Aberlady on 

 7th May, and a passage migrant at the Muckle Flugga Rock on 5th 

 May. Autumn movement is recorded at Beith on 13th July, the 

 Isle of May on 17th, and Balgay (Forfarshire) on 23rd July. 

 Departures took place during August, and a passage migrant is 

 noted at Noss Head on the 27th of that month. Last seen Largo 

 on 3rd September, Redmyre on 7th, and Balgay on 8th September. 



The Black Redstart, Phcenicurus ochrurus gibraltariensis . 

 See p. loi. 



The Redbreast, Erithacus rubecula. A Redbreast appeared 

 at Noss Head on 23rd February and one at the Isle of May on loth 

 March. A well-marked movement took place from 2nd to 14th 

 April and another from 23rd April to 9th May ; the stations recording 

 these are the Muckle Flugga (and L.), Lerwick, Foula, Noss Head, 

 and the Isle of May, and doubtless the records refer to the spring 

 emigration from our shores of the Continental E. r. rid>eci/Ia. On 



