REPORT ON SCOTTISH ORNITHOLOGY IN I919 125 



A Whitethroat at Noss Head on 14th and 17th October was 

 probably a passage migrant. 



The Lesser Whitethroat, Sy/via atrruca curruca. The only 

 note in 1 919 is from Little Ross on 27th August. 



The Fieldfare, Turdus pilaris. A good deal of movement 

 of small numbers of Fieldfares is recorded, chiefly from our 

 Northern Isles in February and March. Last seen at Ballindoon 

 on 4th April, Bathgate and Hareshawmuir (in a snowstorm) on 27th 

 April, several small flocks at North Ronaldshay and fourteen at 

 Noss Head on 7th May, five at Noss Head next day, and several at 

 Fair Isle on loth May. The first arrivals in autumn are at Melrose 

 on 8th October, Hareshawmuir on nth, Corsemalzie next day, and 

 Bathgate on 13th October. From 24th October to i8th November 

 a large arrival took place and is recorded all over Scotland from the 

 Shetlands to Little Ross. The only note of large numbers after 

 this is at Noss Head on 25th December in frost and snow. 



The Song-thrush, Turdus philoinelus. A rush of Song- 

 thrushes to the Little Ross lantern and a good many at the 

 Pladda lantern are recorded on the night of 22nd January, and from 

 1 2th February to ist March there are many notes of the return of 

 our T. ph. clarkci to its breeding-places. A Thrush on Foula on 

 27th February may have belonged to the typical form; many were at 

 the Little Ross lantern early on 9th March, while Thrushes at Noss 

 Head on 29th March and 7th to 9th May, and at Fair Isle on loth 

 May, in all probability were T. ph. philomeliis. No large autumn 

 movement is reported; from 13th September to 20th October small 

 numbers are noted as on the move; on 21st October many were at 

 the Pladda lantern, three at Noss Head, and one at the Shillay lantern 

 (Monach Islands). Constant notes of fluctuating numbers come 

 from Noss Head up to 15th November, both races being present 

 thus one of the typical form was obtained there on 5th November 

 and a British one on 8th November. 



The Redwing, Turdus viusicus. From i6th March to mid- 

 April there are many notes from various parts ot Scotland of 

 Redwings on their northward journey; last seen Kinlochewe i8th 

 April, Foula on 25th April, and Fair Isle on loth May. The first 

 autumn records come from Bathgate on 23rd September, Fair Isle 

 on 4th October, and Duns on 7th October. After this a large 

 immigration is reported from stations all over Scotland, lasting up to 

 14th November. On 25th December a weather movement in frost 

 and snow is recorded from Noss Head. j; -^ 



