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to 1 6th June, while a straggler was seen at Fair Isle on 

 23rd June. 



Autumn passage is noted from Lerwick, where one appeared on 

 23rd August; some were on the Isle of May on 31st August, and 

 single birds at Fair Isle on 8th and i6th September, and Pentland 

 Skerries on 23rd October. 



The Blackcap, Sylvia atricapilla atricapilla. — On 30th April a 

 male was seen at Tynninghame, East Lothian, and on 4th May a 

 male was seen and several were heard singing at Eaglescairnie. 

 Passage migrants are noted as follows — a male at Lerwick on 1 2th May 

 (i. 1914, 143), a female at Fair Isle and one at Pentland Skerries 

 on loth June, two females at the latter station on 12th and one 

 on 14th June. 



A male is reported from Lerwick on 10th September. Last 

 seen Lauder 30th September, a male on Fair Isle on 8th and loth 

 October, and one at Pentland Skerries on 15th October. On 

 1 6/1 7th October a Blackcap was killed at each of the following 

 lanterns — Little Ross, Rhinns of Islay and Flannans. Stronger 

 passage migration took place between i8th and 30th October, and 

 is recorded from North Unst, Lerwick, Fair Isle, Pentland Skerries, 

 Eoligarry and the Isle of May. Two were on Pentland Skerries 

 on ist November and one on 4th November at the same station. 



The Whitethroat, Sylvia communis communis. — This species 

 is first recorded from Inchkeith on i6th April, Corsemalzie on 

 19th April and Luce Bay next day. On 27th April it is reported 

 from Loch Awe, two days later from Gareloch (Clyde) (2. vi. 93) 

 and Edinburgh, Darvel on 30th April (2. vi. 93), and the Mull of 

 Galloway lantern that night. After this many records of arrival at 

 breeding haunts come up to loth May, by which time Whitethroats 

 seem to have been pretty well distributed over the country. On 

 7th May some were at the Isle of May lantern from i a.m. to 

 dawn, and numbers at the Inchkeith lantern about 11.30 v.u. 

 From 14th to 24th May small numbers were passing pretty steadily 

 at the Isle of May both by day and night; on the evening of 15th 

 May one was killed at the Little Ross lantern, and there were 

 several at Inchkeith on i6th May. It is difficult to place these 

 birds ; they may have been some of our summer visitors arriving, 

 or they may have been passage migrants. To the latter category 

 undoubtedly belong two seen at Fair Isle on 8th May, and one on 

 20th May, one at Eoligarry (O.H.) on 26th May, and one or two 

 Whitethroats which visited Fair Isle from 9th to nth June, 



