igo THE SCOTTISH NATURALIST 



September, Hoy High on 2nd October, and the Isle of May and 

 Pentland Skerries on 9th October. A great flock went south over 

 Lundin Links about 4 p.m. on 7th October, one was at the Butt 

 of Lewis on 29th October (i. 191 5, 31), last seen Lauder on 7th 

 November and Longcroft (Oxton) on 23rd December, 



The Continental Great Titmouse, Pariis major major. — 

 Quite an immigration of Great Tits took place in Shetland this 

 autumn ; the specimens examined all belonged to the typical form, 

 as doubtless did the others. On 25th October one is noted at 

 Lerwick (i. 1915, 115), and one at Fair Isle on 27th October 

 (i. 1915, T03). From 28th October to the end of the month they 

 are recorded every day from the above-mentioned stations, at 

 Lerwick as many as seven being reported altogether. From 23rd 

 November to 30th December one or two are noted at frequent 

 intervals from Fair Isle (i. 1915, 103), while on 7th December one 

 was seen at Lerwick. See p. 153. 



The Goldcrest, Regulus regtchis. — On the morning of 8th 

 March a Goldcrest was at the Isle of May lantern. From 20th 

 March to 12 th April constant notes come of the movements of Gold- 

 crests ; the records are pretty evenly divided between the northern 

 and the southern stations, and in the absence of specimens it is 

 impossible to say with certainty whether the records from the latter 

 refer to the return of our breeding birds, or to the movements 

 of passage migrants passing through Scotland to their northern 

 breeding places. The birds reported from Pentland Skerries, Fair 

 Isle and Lerwick were doubtless the continental Regiclus regulus 

 regulus leaving for their breeding haunts in Northern Europe. 

 The last spring note of a Goldcrest on passage in Shetland comes 

 from Fair Isle on loth May. 



From 31st August to 14th October pretty constant movement 

 of Goldcrests is reported from stations in southern Scotland, 

 and, as during this period there are only three records from 

 our Northern Isles and the Outer Hebrides, we think it a 

 fair assumption that these notes refer to the departure of our 

 breeding birds, R. r. auglorum. The first evidence of immigra- 

 tion from overseas comes from Hoy High on ist September, 

 Pentland Skerries lantern on 21st September, and Eoligarry in 

 the first week of October. From 15th October to 7th November 

 constant arrivals are recorded from stations in Orkney and Shetland, 

 undoubtedly the usual autumn immigration of the typical form ; 

 during this time there are many records from the Isle of May 



