48 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



seen, but tlicse are not nearly so numerous as they were during the 

 autumnal migration last year. — j. T. Henderson. 



[The Brambling has not hitherto been satisfactorily identified 

 in the area. — Eds.] 



Hawfinch in East Lothian. — On the 8th of July I received 

 by post an immature male Hawfinch {Coccothraustes vulgaris)^ 

 which had been found dead at Tyneholm, Pencaitland, on 3rd 

 July, and had passed through several hands before it reached me. 

 The bird w'as well plumaged and had its tail about half grown. 

 It was found by Mrs. Reid of Tyneholm, lying dead near a wire 

 enclosure where some chickens were kept, and had probably dashed 

 against the netting. It was too far gone to make a skin of. — 

 H. N. BoNAR, Saltoun, Pencaitland. 



Little Bunting" and other Birds at Sule Skerry. — Mr. Allan 

 M'Millan kindly sent me four birds for identification which he 

 had captured at the lantern of the Sule Skerry Lighthouse on the 

 22nd of September last at 10 p.m., the weather at the time 

 being hazy and the wind a S.-E. strong breeze. These proved 

 to be a Little Bunting {Emberiza pusilla), Pied Flycatcher [Musci- 

 capa atricapiHa), Redstart {Ruticilla phoenicurus), and Garden 

 Warbler [Sylvia simplex). The Little Bunting has occurred in 

 small numbers on the autumn migration at Fair Isle during the 

 past four years, and less frequently in the spring, but has not 

 yet been detected on the mainland of Scotland, over which it can 

 only be very thinly scattered and hence escapes notice. Sule 

 Skerry, it may be remarked, is a rock-station situated out in the 

 Atlantic some 33 miles W.N.W. of the Orkney Island of Hoy. — 

 W. Eagle Clarke. 



Red-breasted Flycatcher and other Birds at the Butt of 

 Lewis. — Since coming here I have had a great deal of station 

 work, and not the time I would have liked for the observation of 

 bird life, etc. I have, however, considered the place generally 

 rather bare and uninteresting, comparatively ; there being no turnips 

 grown in the district, and no cover for small birds. This latter 

 half of October has, however, been exceptional, and I have been 

 pleased to see a few Warblers and other woodland birds about for 

 the first time. On 25 th and 26th we had Blackcaps, Redstarts, and 

 Willow Warblers. On ist Nov. I watched for a long time, catching 

 midges on the cliff edge, what, I am certain, is a Red-breasted 

 Flycatcher {Mtiscicapa parva), the same species as I got last year on 

 the Bell Rock ("Annals," 1908, p. 49). The tail was kept nearly 

 always on the move, and often erected wren-like, and the white 

 feathers, when it made evolutions in the air after insects, were as 

 conspicuous as the white on a Wheatear's rump. There were no 

 markings on the wings or body. I thought Wheatears were all 



