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ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



Orkney 



Dee 



Tay 



Outer Hebrides 



Orkney 



Shetland 



Orkney 



Sutherland 



Moray 



Dee . 



Tay . 



Outer Hebrides 



Shetland . 



Dee . 

 Tay . 



N. Ronaldshay. Large mixed flocks of Chaf- 

 finches and Bramblings on Oct. 5, and in 

 smaller lots till Oct. 10. Last Brambling 

 seen Oct. 14. The Chaffinches seemed to be 

 mostly females. Oct. 18, a few Redpoles. 

 Oct. 1 9, small flight of Linnets. 



Girdleness, Oct. 5, rush of Chaffinches and 

 Bramblings. 



Bell Rock, March 3, Chaffinches and Linnets ; 

 April 12, Linnets. 



Rodel, Harris, Nov. 17, several flocks of Chaf- 

 finches and Linnets. Mingalay, May 18, one 

 P Goldfinch; Oct. 5, Siskins; Nov. 15, an 

 army of Greenfinches. 

 Principal movements, Oct. 5-10, Nov. 15-17. 



Loxia curvirostra (Common Crossbill). 



N. Ronaldshay, July 7 ; a female taken near the 

 Lighthouse. 



Plectrophanes nivalis (Snow Bunting). 



Sumburgh Llead, Sept. 1 3 ; Dunrossness, Oct. 6 

 and succeeding few days, considerable flocks 

 passing south. Sumburgh Head, Nov. 13, a 

 rush all night. 



Pentland Skerries, Sept. 7 ; N. Ronaldshay, Sept. 

 19, 21, in small flights, and from Oct. 19 

 to Oct 24 in flocks of thousands. 



Dunnet Head, Sept. 18. 



Strath Brora, Oct. 21 ; Ben Aigan, Oct. 28. 



Fyvie, Oct. 20; Girdleness, Oct. 23. 



Arbroath, Nov. 15. 



Butt of Lewis, large flocks, Sept. 1 7 ; Rodel, 

 Harris, Oct. 17 ; Monach L, May 3. 



First seen Pentland Skerries, Sept. 7 ; last seen 

 Monach I., May 3. 



Principal movements, Sept. 17-21, Oct. 6, 19-24. 



Alauda arvensis (Skylark). 



Dunrossness, Skylarks observed drawing together 

 in flocks a day or two previous to the great 



movement of Oct. 5, 6. 



rushes with 



Girdleness, Nov. 19, 23, 24, in 



other birds ; wind N.E., light. 

 Bell Rock, Feb. 24, in great numbers at light, 



10 p.m. till dawn, wind E., fog; Feb. 25, 



