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arrived at Lauder and next day at ISEelrose; on 5th and 6th 

 May they were common at Possil, none was seen there on the 

 7th and 8th, but they were again common on the loth (2. vi. 92). 

 Further notes of arrival come from various mainland stations up 

 to 23rd May. From 15th to 22nd May small numbers are 

 recorded at the Isle of May, chiefly at the lantern, and single 

 birds — passage migrants — are reported from Pentland Skerries on 

 4th May and Fair Isle on 19th May. Last seen at Beith on 

 30th August, and one was killed at the Mull of Galloway lantern 

 that morning. The Isle of May lantern proved fatal to a Sedge- 

 warbler on i/2nd September, two were on Inchkeith on 2nd 

 September, three at Glasserton on nth and one at Penninghame 

 on 14th September (both Solway), and the last noted for the 

 season was at Kilbarchan on 21st September. 



The Aquatic Warbler, Acrocephalus aquaticus. — A male in 

 winter plumage was procured on Fair Isle on 23rd October 

 (i. 1915, 5). See p. 151. 



The Icterine Warbler, Hypolais icterina. — A female is 

 reported from Pentland Skerries on loth June and a male next 

 day (i. 19x4, 237), while a female visited Fair Isle on nth June 

 (i. 1915, 104). See p. 154. 



The Barred Warbler, Sylvia nisoria nisoria. — Single birds 

 are reported from Lerwick on 14th June (i. 191 5, 143), 26th, 

 29th and 30th August, from Fair Isle (i. 1915, 103) on 22nd 

 and 27th August, four there on 29th August, and again single 

 birds at Fair Isle on 31st August, ist, 3rd, 7th, 16th and 21st 

 September, two there on 5th September, and one at the Butt of 

 Lewis on 23rd September. See p. 154. 



The Garden-warbler, Sylvia borin. — This species was early 

 in appearing in 19 14; the first record comes from Rouken Glen 

 (Clyde) where three were seen on 26th April (2 vi. 92). Our 

 excellent recorder adds : "This is my earliest date for twenty years, 

 and the birds remained for the season." Reported on 2nd May 

 from Darvel (2. vi. 92), on the 4th from Eaglescairnie, Glen 

 Luss (I.e.), and the St Abb's lantern at 10 p.isl, and thereafter notes 

 of arrival come from various localities in the southern half of 

 Scotland up to 22 nd May. Passage migrants are recorded from 

 Lerwick on nth May (i), and from this station, Fair Isle and 

 Pentland Skerries in small numbers, but steadily from 9th 



