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in arriving this year ; the first note comes on 9th October from the 

 Isle of May. From this time till 20th November a steady stream 

 of immigration is recorded from many stations in Shetland, Orkney 

 and the Outer Hebrides, the Isle of May, Inchkeith and Ardna- 

 murchan. A few were present on Fair Isle up to 15th December, 

 a flock appeared at Galson (O.H.) on 8th December, and two 

 females at Pentland Skerries on 28th December. 



The Brambling, Fringilla mofitifringilla. — In January about 

 twenty Bramblings were seen constantly at Kilmacolm, some at 

 Glenorchard and two at Castle Kennedy, Inch on the 2nd, and over 

 two hundred at Pilmuir (Bolton parish) on the 15th. Small flocks 

 at Glasserton on the 27th, two at St Abbs next day, several flocks 

 at Begbie, Samuelston, and Saltoun on 30th January, and about 

 fifty near Begbie on nth February. Last seen Dundee, 14th 

 March, Pilmuir (Bolton), 29th March, East Fife, 6th April, 

 Darvel, nth, and Tarbatness, 17th April. Bramblings on north- 

 ward passage are recorded from Fair Isle between 23rd March and 

 7th April, and again between 8th and 12th May, while the last for 

 the season is noted at Lerwick on 22nd May. 



The first autumn records are later than usual this year. Inch- 

 keith reports a male on 4th October, several arrived at Fair Isle 

 on 7th October, and two or three at Melrose next day. From loth 

 to 27th October a large arrival took place; this is chiefly recorded 

 by stations in Orkney and Shetland where they appeared in large 

 numbers, but there are also records from mainland stations, the 

 Flannans and Isle of May. A further immigration followed from 

 ist to 9th November, the fresh stations reporting this being Ardna- 

 murchan and the Butt of Lewis, and a straggler was seen at Fair 

 Isle on 23rd November. 



The Tree-sparrow, Passer monta7ius vwntaniis. — A bird of this 

 species was found dead inside the Bell Rock Lighthouse on 19th 

 April. On 15th October upwards of a hundred were seen near 

 Lauder (i. 19 14, 288), and a flock of about twenty near Crail on 

 20th October. Some arrived on the Isle of INIay on 3rd November, 

 next day forty to fifty were there, but most had left by 8th November. 

 Two were seen near Lahill, Fife, on 29th November. 



The Corn-bunting, Emberiza calandra calandra. — A few are 

 noted at frequent intervals from Fair Isle up to 6th April. From 

 mid-March to the end of April arrivals are recorded from Lerwick, 

 Pentland Skerries and Butt of Lewis, while local movements are 



