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next day. After this, arrivals are noted all over the country till 

 1 8th May, by which time their breeding-haunts seem to have been 

 occupied. Foula reports three House-martins on 6th May, and 

 single birds are recorded from Lerwick on 20th and 29th May. 

 On 12th and 17th July one visited the Isle of May, and eastward 

 passage is recorded from Dundee on 27th July and 4th August, 

 while westward passage was observed at this station between i8th 

 August and 22nd September. By 9th September the great majority 

 of this species had left us. Last seen at Swordale (E. Ross) on 

 1 6th September, CuUen on 19th, near Dundee on 29th September, 

 and Largo on 4th October. 



The Sand-martin, Riparia riparia ' riparia. The earliest 

 records come from Summerston on 6th April, Dunragit, Old Luce, 

 on loth, and Beith on 13th April. Thereafter, arrivals are reported 

 from many parts of Scotland up to 13th May. Autumn movement 

 is noted from Invergowrie on 14th July, and westward passage at 

 Dundee between 20th July and 4th August. Last seen Dundee on 

 nth August, Beith on 6th September, Largo on 9th, and Broughty 

 Ferry on 13th September. 



The Swift, Apus apus apus. Is first recorded from Little Ross 

 on 3rd May, Kilmacolm and Wigtown on 6th, Melrose and Morning- 

 side on 8th, Darvel, Beith, Dundee, and Broughton on nth May, 

 Arrivals at breeding-places continued up to i8th May; some were 

 at the Isle of May from 20th to 22nd May, and one at Foula on 

 6th June. Autumn movement is first noted on 17th July, and west- 

 ward passage is reported at intervals from Dundee between 24th July 

 and 22nd August. The majority of Swifts had left for warmer climes 

 by mid-August. Last seen Beith on i8th August, Largo on 25th 

 August, Morningside Park on 2nd September, Broughty Ferry on 

 9th September, Muirend (Glasgow) on nth September (i. r9i8, 273), 

 Noss Head on 20th September, Edinburgh on 25th September (2. 

 xii. 160), Newlands (Glasgow) on 13th October (i. 1918, 273). 



The Nightjar, Caprimidgus europceus etiropaus. Single birds 

 are recorded from Corsemalzie on i8th May, and Kilchattan Bay 

 (Bute) next day, and a pair and two immature birds on the moor at 

 Corsemalzie on 30th August. . 



The British Great Spotted Woodpecker, Dryohates major 

 angliais. A pair of Great Spotted Woodpeckers, probably belonging 

 to this race, were seen at Fossil Marsh on 24th and 29th April, and 

 not on any subsequent occasion. 



