REPORT ON SCOTTISH ORNITHOLOGY IN I915 ^^^ 



May, East Linton on 4th, Darvel on the 5th and Duns on 7th May. 

 After this there are a good many notes of arrival up to 24th May, 

 when an increase was noticed at Arisaig. The only autumn note 

 is from the Isle of May on 8th August. 



The Yellow - browed Warbler, Phylloscopits sjiperciliosus 

 siiperciliosus. — A bird of this species appeared at Swona on 6th 

 October (i. 1916, 23), one at Pentland Skerries on 8th October, 

 and two there next day (i. 1916, 24). On i8th October one is 

 reported from Lerwick (i. 1916, 24). See p. 151. 



The Grasshopper- warbler, Locustella ncevia ncevia. — Is 

 reported from Kilmacolm on 7th May, Inchmoan on 9th, and 

 Darvel on iSth May. 



The Sedge-warbler, Acrocephalus schcenohcenus. — Is recorded 

 from Glenling (Mochrum) on 3rd May, Beith on 4th, and Darvel 

 on 5th May. Summerston and Kilmacolm report it on the 7th May, 

 Melrose, Loch Lomondside, and Duns next day. After this there are 

 further notes of arrival up to nth May. At i a.m. on ist August 

 a Sedge-warbler was killed at the Little Ross lantern ; last seen 

 Beith on loth August, Soulseat (Inch) on 2nd September, and Loch 

 Chesney (Corsemalzie) next day. 



The Garden-warbler, Sylvia borin. — The return of the 

 Garden-warbler is recorded from Duns on 26th April, from the 

 Isle of May on 2nd May, the Little Ross lantern and near Rouken 

 Glen on 5th, and Melrose, Inchtavannach, and near Dalserf (Clyde) 

 on 8th May. After this there are a good many notes of arrival ; 

 one was at the Little Ross lantern at 11 p.rl on 13th May, and 

 many there late on i6th May. Two passage migrants are noted 

 at Pentland Skerries on 24th May. 



On 9th September a Garden-warbler struck the Little Ross 

 lantern at 11 p.m., and a passage migrant was on Pentland Skerries 

 on loth October. 



The Blackcap, Sylvia atricapilla atricapilla. — Arrivals are 

 reported at Duns on ist May, Bridge of Allan and East Lothian 

 next day, and Darvel on nth May. 



On 22nd September a female, probably a passage migrant, was 

 observed at Swordale (E. Ross) ; on 9th October two were at Fair 

 Isle, one at the Butt of Lewis from nth to 15th October, and one 

 or two at Lerwick on 13th, 21st, 28th, and 31st October, these 

 being certainly all passage migrants. 



