126 THE SCOTTISH NATURALIST 



The Ring - ouzel, Tardus torquatiis torquatus. Passage 

 migrants appeared at North Ronaldshay on i6th April and 7th and 

 8th May, at Lerwick on 31st August, Pladda lantern on 4th 

 September, and Whalsay Skerries lantern on 20th September. A 

 late specimen, a male, was shot at Hareshawmuir on 20th October. 



The Blackbird, Turdi/s mentla inerula. From 20th February 

 to 8th April there are many notes of small movements of Black- 

 birds : these come from Little Ross, Pladda, and Noss Head, and 

 a few from Foula and North Ronaldshay. A female was killed at 

 the lantern at this last station at i a.m. on ist May, and one is noted 

 at Noss Head on 7th May. On 17th September Blackbirds in 

 considerable numbers were seen moving south at Melrose. From 

 20th October to 19th November steady movement is recorded at our 

 Northern Isles and Noss Head, which looks like immigration. On 

 2ist and 22nd October many were at the Little Ross lantern, and 

 many at the Pladda lantern on 25th October, probably emigrants, 

 and two at the Shillay lantern at r 1.40 p.m. A large arrival is noted 

 at Seggieden on 3rd November, unusual numbers between Lichyra 

 and Glencorse on 9th November, and several at Shillay (Monachs) 

 on 17th December. 



The Wheatear, (Ena/ithe cenanthe cenaiithe. Is first noted at 

 Torrs Sandhills on 30th March, Broughton on 3rd April, and Little 

 Ross two days later. The main arrival seems to have taken place 

 between 12th and 24th April, but movement is reported right up to 

 13th May; from about 29th April onwards this movement is 

 recorded almost wholly from the Northern Isles, and probably refers 

 chiefly to passage migrants. During August and September much 

 movement is recorded, and by 20th September almost all our 

 Wheatears seem to have gone. Last seen Corsemalzie on 24th 

 September, Bathgate next day, Noss Head on 28th September, and 

 Fair Isle on 20th October. 



The Greater Wheatear, CEnanthe cenanthe leucorrhoa. h. few 

 were passing Noss Head from 30th April to nth May, and one is 

 recorded at Beith on loth May. Several were seen at Girlsta 

 (Shetland) from 8th to nth September (i. 1920, 28), at Noss Head 

 on i6th and 17th September, and one at Lerwick on 21st and 24th 

 September. 



The Whinchat, Saxicola rubetra rubetra. The first notes of 

 this species come from Corsemalzie on 3rd May, Darvel on 6th, and 

 Hareshawmuir next day. After this there are notes of arrival from 

 many stations up to 14th May. Passage migration was observed at 

 Noss Head, North Ronaldshay, Lerwick, and Fair Isle from 7th to 



