i 7 o THE SCOTTISH NATURALIST 



from the lighthouses is of a single bird at Cromarty Lighthouse 

 on 21st January, not a solitary specimen being noted in autumn. 



The Great Grey Shrike, Lanius excubitor excubitor. Single 

 birds were observed near Pitlochry on 4th March, near Largo 

 on 7th March, and near Garth (Perthshire) on nth March. 



The Red-backed Shrike, Lanius collurio collurio. Single 

 birds are reported from the Isle of May on 9th, 13th, and 

 1 6th May. 



The W axwing, Bomby cilia garrulus. Seep. 149. 



The Spotted Flycatcher, Muscicapa striata striata. Is first 

 recorded from Tayfield (N. Fife) on 3rd May, Duns on 4th, 

 Bothwell and Blantyre Priory next day, and Invergowrie, Swordale 

 (E. Ross), Kilmacolm, and Giffnock on the 6th. Further arrivals 

 are recorded between nth and 21st May, and passage migrants 

 visited Foula on 14th May. Autumn movement was first noted on 

 22nd July, and continued throughout August and the first half 

 of September. Last seen at Largo on 18th September, Methven 

 Castle on 22nd September, Tayfield in numbers on the 25th and 

 26th, and Balgay on 30th September. 



The Pied Flycatcher, Muscicapa hypoleuca hypoleuca. 

 Between 8th and 20th May there are steady records of Pied 

 Flycatchers at the Isle of May; four were seen at Foula on 14th 

 May, one near Duns on 18th May, and one near Largo on 19th 

 May. On 9th, 27th, and 28th August, this species was again on 

 the Isle of May, and on 23rd, 29th, and 30th August on Swona. 



The Chiffchaff, Phylloscopus collybita collybita. Chiffchaffs 

 are noted at the Little Ross lantern on 25th April at 2 a.m. and on 

 26/2 7th April, on the Isle of May on 8th May, and at the Rhinns of 

 Islay lantern on 14th and 15th May. Some of these were possibly 

 Ph. c. abietinus. 



The Willow-warbler, Phylloscopus trochilus trochilus. Was 

 somewhat late in arriving in 191 7: the earliest records are from 

 Kilmacolm on 23rd April, the Little Ross lantern on 26/2 7th April, 

 other stations in Clyde report them on 28th and 29th April, but it 

 is not until 1st May that records come from the east coast. After 

 this the spread was rapid till by the 12th most of our summer 

 visitors seem to have taken up their breeding quarters. Willow- 

 warblers were swarming on the Isle of May on 13th May, and 

 records come from that station and Little Ross lantern, Swona, and 

 Fair Isle up to 21st May, all these being probably passage migrants. 



