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14th May. During August and up to mid-September there are 

 many mainland notes of the southward movement of Whinchats ; 

 single birds were seen at Darvel (Ayrshire) on 21st September and 

 Lahill (Fife) on 2nd October. 



The Redstart, Pkceniciin/s p/uvnicurus phoeniciirus. Very 

 early arrivals are recorded from Duns on 12th April and Kilmacolm 

 on 2ist April, but the main arrival took place between 3rd and 15th 

 May, during which time many notes come of the appearance of 

 these birds at their breeding-places. Passage migration is noted 

 from Noss Head and stations in our Northern Isles steadily from 

 7th to loth May. Throughout August much southward movement 

 of Redstarts is noted, great numbers were at the Little Ross lantern 

 early on 4th September; last seen Kingoodie on 7th September, 

 Bathgate next day, and Swordale on 23rd September. 



The Black Redstart, Phxnicurus ochrurus gibraltariensis. 

 See p. 101. 



The Continental Redbreast, Erithacus rubecula rnbecula. 

 On 2ist January and i6th April a Redbreast was noted at Lerwick 

 and one at North Ronaldshay on 12th February. From 7th to 14th 

 May a considerable northward movement is recorded from Noss 

 Head, Fair Isle, and Lerwick. On 5th September two Continental 

 Redbreasts are reported from Portmahomack, and from loth to 19th 

 November a good deal of movement is recorded from our northern 

 stations. We feel tolerably certain that the above records all refer 

 to the typical form, as also that of three Redbreasts at Duncansby 

 Head from loth to i8th December. 



The British Redbreast, Erithacus rubecula melophilus. A 

 specimen of this subspecies was sent us from Little Ross lantern on 

 4th September, and Redbreasts at Pladda on 25th August and i8th 

 September probably belonged to the British race. "A number" 

 there on 19th November are more difficult to place. 



The Hedge-sparrow, Prunella 7nodularis.K few appeared on 

 Pladda on 28th September and 19th November, perhaps our British 

 bird on the move ; but a few records of single birds from Noss Head 

 and Lerwick between 4th November and 5th December look more 

 like immigration from overseas. 



The Wren, Troglodytes troglodytes troglodytes. Two Wrens 

 noted on Foula on ist March may have been 71 t. zetlandicus. A 

 Wren is reported from Noss Head on loth March, a few arrived on 

 Pladda on 28th September, one at Noss Head on 24th October and 



