i66 THE SCOTTISH NATURALIST 



March. 



The weather in the first week of March was cyclonic 

 in character, and the wind was chiefly from some westerly 

 quarter. During this period little movement is recorded, 

 and this is mostly confined to Starlings and Turdinae. 

 Wader were returning to their breeding places in our 

 inland districts or Northern Isles. An anticyclone was the 

 dominating influence in our area during the second week 

 of March, and the winds were light and chiefly westerly. 

 Much migration is recorded, the period of maximum move- 

 ment being from the 9th to the 13th, when large numbers 

 of Starlings, Skylarks, Turdinae, and Wader are recorded. 

 There was also a good deal of Duck and Goose movement, 

 and sea-birds were seeking their nesting haunts. There- 

 after to the end of the month the conditions were cyclonic, 

 and the wind was chiefly westerly. The movements con- 

 tinued, becoming intensified in the last week, in which tim^e 

 we have a good many notes of the arrival of Wheatears. 

 Partial and passage migrants still predominated, but there 

 are also records of the departure of some of our winter 

 visitors. The migration throughout the month seems to 

 have been of a very normal character. 



April. 



In April there was a slow and steady flow of migration, 

 which did not develop into a rush but became more pro- 

 nounced as the month progressed. Up to the 25th the 

 weather was variable, and the wind was chiefly north-west ; 

 from that time to the end of the month an anticyclone 

 prevailed over the area. The temperature was low all the 

 month. Very little movement is recorded during the first 

 week, though there are spasmodic and unexpectedly early 

 arrivals of summer visitors, though they were, on the 

 whole, late in arriving in 191 5. The same type of migra- 

 tion continued throughout the month, the stream of arrivals 

 becoming greater towards the end. As was to be expected, 



