NOTES ON THE MOVEMENTS OF 

 BIRDS IN 1915. 



arranged' under species. 



The Hooded Crow, Corvus comix coi-nix. — A single bird 

 visited the Isle of May on 15th February, thirteen arrived at 

 Pentland Skerries on 3JSt March, and three at Sule Skerry on 3rd 

 April. On 5th April eleven were seen at Pentland Skerries flying 

 north; last observed in Largo Bay on 12th April, and a northward 

 passage of seventy to eighty at the former station at 7.15 a.m. on 

 the 23rd, and thirteen on the island on 26th April. Two are 

 recorded from the Mull of Galloway on 24th May, and on that 

 date, the next day, and 2nd June, single birds visited the Isle of 

 May. 



Large assemblies of one to two hundred Hoodies were seen 

 daily at Tiumpanhead (O.H.) from ist to 20th July, single 

 birds at Corsemalzie on 17th August and 29th September, two at 

 Pentland Skerries on 9th October, and small arrivals are recorded 

 from the Isle of May, Largo Bay, and Pentland Skerries between 

 1 8th October and 7th November. 



The Carrion Crow, Corvus corone corone. — A Carrion Crow is 

 noted at the Isle of May on nth March, and two there on 22nd 

 March, four at Hoy High on 28th March, while on the 31st of the 

 same month two were watched coming in over the sea from the 

 east at Balcomie (E. Fife). Three were at the Isle of May on 13th 

 April and two at Hoy High on 3rd May, while on 17th September 

 two are recorded from Keppoch, Arisaig. 



The Rook, Corvus frugilegus friigilegics. — Single birds are 

 noted at Fair Isle on 7th, nth, and i8th January, two there on 15th 

 February, and about twenty at Lerwick on 20th February. Small 



