148 THE SCOTTISH NATURALIST 



Collesste ; F. L. S. Wedderburn, Largo; William Eagle 

 Clarke, Edinburgh ; William Evans, Edinburgh ; Sim 

 Baigrie, The Isle of May; John Pagan, Bathgate ; William 

 F. Little, Crosswood ; P. J. C. Macgregor, North Berwick ; 

 Andrew Hopkins, Eyemouth. In the Western group, to 

 James F. Combe, Tiumpanhead ; John Morrison, Galson ; 

 George Beveridge, North Uist ; H. and H. G. Holmes, South 

 Uist; William Macgillivray, Barra; William Mouat, Barra 

 Head ; D. McDonald, Kyleakin ; Duncan Fergusson, Corrour ; 

 Colin C. MacCormick, Dhuheartach ; Stewart Wilson, Rhinns 

 of Islay ; David A. Mowat, Pladda ; John Robertson, Glasgow ; 

 D. Macdonald, Glasgow; T. Hill, Glasgow; J. M'Crindle, 

 Glasgow ; H. G. Cumming, Glasgow ; W. Jamieson, Glasgow ; 

 Tom Robertson, Glasgow; T.Thornton Mackeith, Kilmacolm ; 

 T. W. Wilson, Neilson ; Nicol Hopkins, Darvel; John Craig, 

 Beith. In the Southern group to T. G. Laidlaw, Duns; 

 Gilbert Davidson, Melrose ; William Begg and George 

 Mackie, Little Ross. 



This year no new birds have been added to the Scottish 

 list, but, considering the conditions, the list of uncommon 

 visitors is a satisfactory one. The spring of 1917 will 

 always be memorable for its exceptional severity ; the effect 

 of this was seen in the unusual lateness of the return of our 

 earlier summer migrants and the scarcity, in some localities, 

 of common resident species. This last was, in no case, as 

 pronounced in Scotland as in parts of England and Ireland, 

 and although the resident species in Scotland undoubtedly 

 suffered from the inclemency of the spring months, we have 

 no records of total extermination such as took place in the 

 neighbouring countries. Although the earlier arrivals were 

 unusually late, the later migrants were, in most cases, up to 

 time in arriving. 



The autumn migration was remarkable because the 

 usual big movements of passage migrants and arrivals of 

 winter visitors, which generally take place in October, were 

 conspicuous by their absence. No rush is recorded during 

 the whole period of the autumn migration ; very small 

 numbers of some winter visitors arrived, but the large 

 majority never came at all. From all parts of Scotland 



