170 THE SCOTTISH NATURALIST 



December. 



The first week of December was pretty cold, with winds 

 chiefly between north-west and north-east. During this period 

 some movement is recorded from the Killantringan and 

 Little Ross lanterns. The rest of the month was stormy, and 

 the wind frequently rose to the force of a gale, the heaviest 

 winds being from the south-east. Hardly any movement 

 is reported ; there are one or two records from various 

 stations of small numbers of Starlings, Skylarks, Turdinae, 

 and Wader, and many Little Auks were seen at sea off 

 Pentland Skerries. 



