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stations in both Eastern and Western Scotland of movements of 

 Whinchats. Last seen in W. Renfrew on iith September, Kil- 

 chattan Bay, Bute, on i6th September, Corsemalzie on 23rd and 

 Darvel on 25th September. A passage migrant is reported from 

 Lerwick on nth September and a Whinchat was on the Isle of May 

 that same day. 



The Stonechat, Saxicola torquata. — Ox\ 5th April a Stonechat 

 visited Pentland Skerries, early on 14th April a few were at the 

 Little Ross and Killantringan lanterns, and next day at i a.m. at the 

 latter light; two at Galson (O.H.) on 3rd May, one on Pentland 

 Skerries next day, and a male on the Island of Noss on 20th May. 

 From 4th to 6th September five frequented Galson, a pair near the 

 Butt of Lewis on 3rd October, and one on Pentland Skerries on 

 24th October. 



The Redstart, Phcenicurus phoeniciirus phcenicurus. — The 

 first records of this species are late this year. On 25th April 

 Redstarts were seen at Inchtavannach, on 27th at Broughton 

 (Peeblesshire), and on 30th April at the Isle of May, the Little Ross 

 lantern at 10 p.m., and in south-west Perthshire. Arrivals at 

 nesting places are recorded from the Scottish mainland right up to 

 28th May. A female, evidently on passage further north, is reported 

 from the Butt of Lewis on 15th May, and Redstarts at the Isle of 

 May on 19th, 20th, 26th, and 27th May may also have been passage 

 migrants. 



From the end of July till 19th September there are many 

 records of movements of Redstarts from stations in Southern 

 Scotland; the numbers noted are all small and the movement 

 was evidently the departure of our summer visitors. Passage 

 migration is reported steadily from stations in the Northern Isles 

 and Outer Hebrides from 20th to 27th September and 5th to 22nd 

 October. Records from the Isle of May and Bell Rock during this 

 period probably refer also to passage migrants ; in all cases the 

 numbers observed were small. The last Redstart of the season is 

 reported from Pentland Skerries on 7th November. 



The Black Redstart, Phcenicurus ochrurus gibraltariensis. — 

 On 4th March the remains of a Black Redstart were found at Little 

 Ross, and single birds are recorded from the Isle of May on 

 30th April, Pentland Skerries on 26th April and 4th May, and 

 near Glasgow on 9th May. Two were at Tarbatness on 26th 

 September, and at Pentland Skerries small numbers are noted on 

 8th, 9th, i2th, 13th, i6th, 23rd and 24th October. See p. 151. 



