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Returns to breeding haunts are recorded between 13th March 

 and roth April, and this species visited North Unst on 6th and 

 9th May, and Galson (O.H.) on 7th, 12th, 13th, and i6th May. 

 On 2 1 St July five (old and young) were seen at Alticig (Luce Bay), 

 one in Largo Bay on loth August, and local movements are 

 recorded from various mainland stations up to 23rd October. 

 North Unst was visited on 17th and 23rd August, the Isle of 

 May on Sth September, and Whalsay Skerries two days later. 

 There are several records from Killantringan and Little Ross 

 between 15th October and i8th November. 



The White Wagtail, Motacilla alba alba. — Is first recorded 

 from Little Ross on 22nd IVI^rch, Hoy High on the 24th, Alticig 

 shore (Luce Bay) on the 27th, and Pentland Skerries on the 29th 

 and 30th March. From loth April to 15th May, constant passage 

 up the west coast is reported; there are two very interesting 

 lantern records, the birds being sent in, in each case, viz., a good 

 many at Killantringan lantern, two being killed at 1 1 p.m. on 

 30th April, and a male and female killed at the Little Ross lantern 

 at 4 A.]\i. on nth May. Passage up the east coast is noted 

 between 23rd April and 6th May, and constant passage from our 

 Northern Isles from loth April to 12th May, the last two records 

 being from Pentland Skerries on 17th and Island of Noss on 

 19th May. 



On 22nd July a White Wagtail appeared on Swona, and from 

 I Sth August to Sth September there are constant notes of immigrants 

 from stations in Orkney and Shetland. Passage down the west 

 coast is recorded, chiefly from the Outer Hebrides, between 23rd 

 August and 14th September, and small numbers about Lahill and 

 Largo on 28th and 31st August. On 24th September there were 

 a few on Fair Isle, one at Lerwick on 26th September, and one 

 or two on Fair Isle and Pentland Skerries constantly between 

 2nd and loth October. 



The Pied Wagtail, Motacilla alba lugubris. — On Sth January 

 from fifty to sixty Pied Wagtails were seen in the Kay Park, 

 Kilmarnock, and returns to breeding places are recorded from 

 24th February to the end of March from many parts of the country. 

 Single birds are recorded from Lerwick on 9th March, Hoy High 

 on 30th March, Deerness on ist April, and Pentland Skerries on 

 13th April and (two) 7th May, while there was one at Fair Isle 

 on 14th May. 



On 2nd July one was on the Island of Noss, and one on 



