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S. CURRUCA (Lesser Whitethroat). — 24th, 25th, 27th September, 

 Isle of May, single birds. 



S. ATRiCAPiLLA (Blackcap). — Kinnelhead (Beattock), 2nd May; 

 Rouken Glen (Glasgow), loth, pair {6 and ?); Kirkliston, 

 14th, and young leave nest, 14th June. On ten dates in 

 autumn between 20th September, Isle of May, and 26th 

 October, Butt of Lewis. 



S. HORTENSis (Garden Warbler). — Rouken Glen (Glasgow), loth 

 May (i); Kirkliston, i6th. Young leave nest at last named 

 on 1 8th June. At various lighthouses 20th September (Isle 

 of May), till 26th October (Monach). 



S. NisoRiA (Barred Warbler). — Several in the autumn in the Fair 

 Isle (p. 73). 



S. SUBALPINA (Subalpine Warbler). — The second British example 

 taken on the Fair Isle in 1908 (p. 72). 



Regulus cristatus (Golden-crested Wren). — Building at Rouken 

 Glen (Glasgow) on nth April. An interesting immigration 

 took place in the third week of October. Numerous on the 

 Isle of May, 17th, several at the Butt of Lewis, and great 

 numbers at Lerwick, on i8th, and from 19th to 21st at Grail 

 and neighbourhood, great numbers. From September till 

 December inclusive, reported from many localities in small 

 numbers, the greatest movement being in October as noted in 

 detail above. A number got by Mr. Evans from Barnsness and 

 Isle of May lighthouses were of the British race ("Brit. Birds," 

 ii. pp. 232-3.) 



Phylloscopus superciliosus (Yellow -browed Warbler). — 22nd, 

 24th, 25th September, and 3rd October, single birds on the 

 Isle of May, all males (p. 11). 



P. rufus (Chiffchaff). — 20th April, Dairy (Ayr); 27th, Lerwick; 

 Found nesting at Tobermory, Mull, for first time in June. At 

 Isle of May, Lerwick, and Monach Isle on 5th, 21st, and 

 27th October respectively, also 7th November, Outer Hebrides 



(P- 3). 

 P. TRiSTis (Siberian Chiff-chaff). — At Kirkwall two noticed on 25th 

 January, one secured early February ("Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist.," 

 1908, p. 80). 



P. borealis (Eversmann's Willow- Warbler). — At Fair Isle on 

 28th September, one {^) (pp. 1-2). New to the British fauna. 



P. TROCHiLus (Willow- Wren). — The April records are sufficiently 

 extraordinary to justify insertion in detail : — Gilston (Fife) (i), 

 14th; Caldwell (i), 15th; KirkUston, 23rd (i), and only 

 another one in April there; Rouken Glen (Glasgow), 25th, 



