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and 3rd April, and Fair Isle on the last date, single birds in 

 each case. On 4th April more arrivals reached Fair Isle, one 

 was seen at Williamwood (2. vi. 88), and three at Kelvin (2. vi. 88), 

 while next day two were on Inchkeith and two at Summerston 

 (2. vi. 88). After this, constant passage of small numbers is recorded 

 up the West coast, chiefly from the Outer Hebrides till 6th May, 

 and again on i8th and 19th May, the largest number noted being 

 seventeen at Kilmacolm on 14th April (2. vi. 88). From 20th 

 April to 23rd May a stream of passage migrants flowed along 

 our East coast, the greatest number recorded being about forty 

 at Pentland Skerries on 29th April. Shetland sends notes of steady 

 passage right up to 29th May, always in small numbers, while 

 on I St and 8th June a White Wagtail was seen on Fair Isle. 

 Return migration is first noted at the Butt of Lewis on 12th 

 August and the Flannans on the 19th. On the latter date the 

 first immigrants arrived on Fair Isle, and from this time till 28th 

 September a lot of movement is noted at this station ; the main 

 arrivals were on 27th and 31st August and loth September, "many" 

 being noted on these occasions. Other stations in Orkney and 

 Shetland participated, to a lesser degree, in this large movement. 

 The East coast records all fall between 24th August and 6th 

 September, but the West coast movements are noted between 

 24th August and 27th September, chiefly from the Outer Hebrides. 

 October records are — one at Fair Isle on the ist, two at Bishop 

 Loch (Lanark) on the 4th and one at Eoligarry (O.H.) in the 

 second week of October. 



The Pied Wagtail, Motacilla alba bigubris. — From 26th 

 February to the end of March, returns to breeding places are 

 recorded from many parts of Scotland, and on 27th February 

 a Pied Wagtail was at the Little Ross lantern. From 13th March 

 to 2nd April one or two are recorded pretty steadily from Fair Isle, 

 and one was there on 9th April. During March there are one or 

 two records from Lerwick and Pentland Skerries, and frequent 

 notes of passage from the Forth island stations. Single birds are 

 noted at Eoligarry (O.H.) on 7th and 13th April, Lerwick on 2nd 

 and 26th May, and Fair Isle from loth to 30th June, while on 

 13th June two visited Noup Head. 



Many Pied Wagtails arrived on Inchkeith on 14th August, and 

 large flocks frequented Invergowrie between 31st August and 8th 

 September; five were at Lerwick on 7th September and one there 

 two days later. Big influxes took place about Largo on i6th and 

 26th September and 5th October. Last seen at Deerness on 12th 



