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of winter visitors or passage migrants. To this latter class the 

 following, in all probability, belong ; four at the Tiumpanhead 

 lantern at midnight on 27th April, two at the Killantringan lantern 

 at II P.M. on 3rd May, several at the Inchkeith lantern at 11 p.m. 

 on 7th May and one at the Isle of May on 17th May (i. 1914, 199)- 



On 7th July eight Skylarks appeared at the Bell and one at 

 the Flannans on 20th July. The next records are of six at the 

 Bell lantern at 10 p.m. on ist September and numbers at Inchkeith 

 on the 3rd, while on 29th September Skylarks were flying south 

 all morning at Killantringan, and at St Andrews a great number 

 came in over the sea and lit in the park of the Marine Laboratory, 

 where three were afterwards found dead. On 2nd October Skylarks 

 were coming in from the south, over the Firth in Largo Bay, and 

 next day several were seen going west up the Tay Estuary, this 

 "westward passage" being seen till 8th November. From 12th 

 to 17th October arrivals are recorded from the Bell, Inchkeith, 

 Isle of May and Hoy High, while from 19th to 25th October 

 a lot of movement is recorded from the lanterns of Skerryvore, 

 Killantringan and Little Ross, and on 22nd October a number 

 of parties were seen passing to the north in the Tay Estuary, 

 "which northward passage lasted a week or more." 



Some immigration is recorded from our Northern Isles between 

 28th October and 15th November; the Skylarks recorded at the 

 Isle of May during this period probably also refer to arrivals from 

 overseas. A further small movement took place from 20th to 

 22nd November, a few were on the Isle of May on 7th and i6th 

 December, and a hard weather movement is noted from 19th 

 to 28th December, on which latter date "thousands" were present 

 at the Butt of Lewis. 



The Shore-lark, Eremophila alpestris flava. — Single birds are 

 recorded from Fair Isle on 7th May, 23rd October and 2nd 

 November (i. 1915, 103). See p. 152. 



The Tree-pipit, An thus trivialis trivia/is. — The first record of 

 this species for the season comes from near Dundee on i8th April, 

 next day it is noted at Cadder, Williamwood, Main's Wood, 

 Bagabouts, Rouken and Garelochhead, all in Clyde (2. vi. 91), 

 and on 20th April from Lauder. After this, records of arrival 

 come steadily up to 3rd May, by which time the majority of our 

 summer visitors seem to have arrived, though Tree-pipits are not 

 recorded from Loch Awe till the 13th and the Crook of Devon 

 till 1 6th May. Passage migrants are recorded steadily from 



