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pipits were on the move by i8th July and moving during the rest of 

 that month and throughout August. One was killed at the Little 

 Ross lantern early on 4th September, and three at Noss Head 

 lantern (passage migrants?) at 10 p.m. on i6th September. 



The Meadow-pipit, Anthus pratensis. On 9th February several 

 Meadow-pipits were seen near Dundee and one at Noss Head on 

 23rd February. From 29th March to 14th April arrivals are 

 reported from a good many mainland stations and movement at 

 Fair Isle from 9th to nth May. 



On 26th August many parties and flocks, up to a hundred 

 strong, were on the moors and meadows at Derrie, Mochrum, while 

 two days later only an odd bird or two could be seen in the same 

 neighbourhood. At 3 a.m. on 4th September great numbers were 

 at the Little Ross lantern, and next day Meadow-pipits were 

 " swarming along the shore " between Tarbatness and Portmahomack. 

 From 13th to 27th September more movement is recorded from 

 a good many stations on the mainland of Scotland. Left Hareshaw- 

 muir during the last week of October, a few on the moors at 

 Corsemalzie (Wigtownshire) on nth November, and a good many 

 on the links and shore at St Andrews on 24th November. 



The Blue-headed Wagtail, J/<?/a^///ay?az'a_/?az'a. See p. loi. 



The Yellow Wagtail, Motacilla flava rayi.^ls first reported 

 at Summerston (Clyde) on 20th April, Beith on 26th April, and 

 Hareshawmuir on 4th May, and arrivals are recorded till loth May. 

 On this last date one appeared on Fair Isle. Last seen in autumn 

 at Alticig (Wigtownshire) on 17th September. 



The Grey Wagtail, Motacilla cinerea dnerea. Three Grey 

 Wagtails were noted near Dundee on 23rd February, one at Lower 

 Largo on 4th March, and one at Glenorchard on ist April. A good 

 deal of movement after breeding was finished is recorded from 2nd 

 August to 24th September; plentiful at Little Ross on 9th October, 

 and several frequented the neighbourhood of Dundee in early 

 November. 



The White Wagtail, Motacilla alba alba. Two are recorded 

 from the R. Beauly on 4th April, and from this time till 12th May 

 there are frequent notes of the passage of small numbers from east 

 coast stations. The first note from the west is from Kinlochewe 

 (W. Ross) on 1 2th April, and there are records of passage up this 

 side of Scotland up to 26th April, chiefly from Clyde. A single 

 bird visited Fair Isle on 3rd and 12th June. Shetland and Fair 

 Isle witnessed autumn passage from T4th to 27th August, "many" 



