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at the Butt of Lewis on 2nd May, increasing at Fair Isle on the 4th, 

 and two at the Isle of May on i4tli May. 



In autumn, arrivals are noted at Fair Isle on 15th September, 

 a very large flock at the Butt of Lewis on 3rd October, and increases 

 at Pentland Skerries on 5th and Swona on 6th and 7th October. 

 By mid-October Twites were decreasing at Pentland Skerries, and 

 all had left by 29th October, but a flock of over thirty reappeared 

 there on 3rd November. 



The Mealy Redpoll, Cardiielis li?taria linaria. — The only 

 records of Mealy Redpolls in 1915 are — single birds at Lerwick on 

 3rd October and Pentland Skerries on 2Sth October, and about 

 eight at WiUiamwood, Clyde, on 12th December. 



The Linnet, Ca?-duelis cannabi/ia cannabina. — On [4th January 

 a Linnet is reported from Fair Isle, many at Little Ross on 18th 

 March in snow, varying numbers at Hoy High up to the end of 

 April, and four there on 1 7th May. A flock is noted at Kyleakin 

 on ist and nth October, a few on Swona from 7th October to i6th 

 November, two at Pentland Skerries on 24th October, and a few at 

 Hellyar Holm on 9th December. 



The Northern Bullfinch, Pyrrhula pyrrliula pyrrhiila. — A 

 female of this large Bullfinch was shot early in January at Shurrery, 

 parish of Reay, Caithness (i. 1915, 68). See p. 150. 



The Chaffinch, Fringilla avlebs ceclebs. — Small numbers of 

 Chaffinches are recorded during January from Fair Isle and Pentland 

 Skerries, one at the Butt of Lewis on 5th February, and fourteen 

 at Lerwick on 21st February. A female appeared on Pentland 

 Skerries on nth March, one on the Isle of May on 17th March, 

 and next day numbers were on the island at Little Ross, a weather 

 movement caused by the snowstorm. A lot, chiefly females, are 

 noted at the same station on 4th April, and northward passage is 

 recorded from stations in Orkney and Shetland, and from the Isle 

 of May from 8th April to ist May; at the last station single birds 

 appeared on 8th and nth May. 



The Butt of Lewis reports two Chaffinches on 27th September, 

 and a strong arrival is recorded from 9th to 27th October; the 

 stations recording this movement are Lerwick, Fair Isle, Swona, 

 Pentland Skerries, the Isle of May, and (after the 22nd) Little Ross. 

 On 17th November a weather movement caused by snow is noted 

 at this last station, and Chafifinches were again plentiful there on 

 30th November. 



