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immature bird near Wick on 24th July. From 19th October to 

 17th November there are a good many records of the arrival of 

 this bird round our shores, and on 20th November one was caught 

 on Earnscleugh water, a tributary of the Leader (i. 191 9, 29). 



The Black-throated Diver, Colymbus arciicus. One in half 

 plumage was seen in Largo Bay on 5th May. 



The Wood-pigeon, Columba palumbus palumbus. Large flocks 

 are reported from various mainland stations up to 9th March. Two 

 Wood-pigeons visited Lerwick on 9th April ; single birds are noted 

 at the Isle of May on 8th and 13th May and the Island of Noss on 

 9th May, and some were seen at Baltasound on 17th June, evidently 

 all passage migrants. 



The Stock-dove, Columba cenas. Returns to breeding-places 

 are noted in April. 



The Oystercatcher, Hceinatopus ostralegus ostralegus. 

 Many Oystercatchers were at the Little Ross lantern on 2nd 

 February and several at the Rhinns of Islay lantern on 4th March, 

 while from the latter date to 25th April returns to breeding-places 

 are recorded from Orkney and Shetland and from inland stations 

 on the mainland. On :'3rd June a flock of a dozen were seen in 

 Largo Bay, a big flock on the Dornoch Firth on 17th July, and 

 Oystercatchers were seen on 17th August about ten miles inland, 

 near Beith, where they are rare. 



The Dotterel, Charadrius niorinelliis. On 2nd August a 

 Dotterel visited the Isle of May lantern. 



The Ringed Plover, Charadrius hiaticula hiaticula. On 23rd 

 July a flock of twenty-nine were seen flying low to the south, in mist, 

 at Loch Elrig (Wigtownshire). 



The Golden Plover, Charadrius apricarius Much movement 

 is recorded from our southern stations and lanterns from 13th 

 January to 2nd February; about fifty appeared at Noss Head on 

 2nd March and several rushes are reported from the Little Ross 

 lantern between 2nd and i8th March. On 27th April a flock of 

 about a hundred were seen near Pittenweem, and a flock of twenty- 

 one at Corsemalzie on 24th May, these flocks being probably en 

 route for breeding localities to the north of these islands. By i8th 

 June flocking after breeding is noted at Kirkmichael, and returns to 

 the shore are recorded during July and early August. From nth 

 September to 4th November a large movement took place, 

 apparently chiefly arrivals of immigrants from overseas; Golden 



