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there are a good many notes of departure. Last seen Beith on 

 30th August, some on the Isle of May next day, last seen Melrose 

 on 3rd September and one at the Bell lantern that night. Last seen 

 Haddington on 7th September, Balgay (near Dundee) on the loth, 

 at Gask (near Dunning) on 13th September, and Corsemalzie 

 on 27th September. No passage migration is recorded this 

 autumn. 



The Pied Flycatcher, Muscicapa hypoleuca hypoleuca. — On 

 8th and 9th May arrivals of this species are noted at Fair Isle 

 (i. 1 9 14, 173); on the latter date three were at Pentland Skerries 

 and one at Tarbatness. On loth May a Pied Flycatcher was on 

 Inchkeith and "numbers" on Fair Isle; after this the numbers 

 decreased at the latter station, till on 13th May only one is noted. 

 Single birds, males in each case, were at the Rattray Head lantern 

 at 9 P.M. on 13th May and the Isle of May on 15th and 21st May 

 (i. 1914, 199 and 200), and a female is recorded at Pentland 

 Skerries on 10th June. As will be seen from the above there 

 were more passage migrants recorded this spring than usual. 



In autumn, a female was at the Butt of Lewis lantern at 3 a.m. 

 on 23rd August (i. 1915, 32). A Pied Flycatcher was killed 

 at the Mull of Galloway lantern early on 30th August, and next 

 day some were on the Isle of May. Single birds are recorded 

 from this last station on 9th and loth September and 15th October, 

 and Fair Isle on 20th October. 



The Chiffchaff, Phylloscopus coUyhita coUyibta. — The first 

 record of the season comes from near Dundee on 21st March, 

 on 5th April it is reported from Blair, Dairy (2. vi. 88), and from 

 Corsemalzie next day. On 26th July three or four are noted at 

 Lahill, and Chiffchaffs on the Isle of May on 15th and i6th 

 October may have belonged either to this or the Scandinavian 

 form. 



The Northern Chiffchaff, Phylloscopus coUyibta abietinus. — 

 Arrivals of Chiffchaffs, doubtless of this form, are recorded from 

 Fair Isle on 9th May and again on the nth and 14th May. Single 

 birds appeared on Fair Isle on i6th, 20th, and 26th October and 

 three on 24th October ; one was at Lerwick on the last-named 

 date (i. 1915, 22), and one at the Isle of May on 3rd November, 

 this last bird being sent for identification. See p. 153. 



The Siberian Chiffchaff, Phylloscopus coUybita tristis.— 



