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number at the Isle of May lantern on T5/i6th and 23/24111 March^ 

 and Inchkeith on 30th March ; many of these were probably 

 returning to us to breed. On 25th February four Blackbirds 

 were killed at Tarbatness lantern, and about two dozen arrived on 

 Pentland Skerries next day. From i ith March, when many arrived 

 on Fair Isle, till 24th April emigration is recorded from Orkney 

 and Shetland, the height of the movement being between 25th and 

 31st March. Several were at the Inchkeith lantern at ir.30 p.m. 

 on 7th May and one on Fair Isle during the day. 



On I Ith August a great rush is noted at Inchkeith at 4 a.m. 

 Two Blackbirds appeared on Sule Skerry on 7th October (6 9), 

 three males on Pentland Skerries on 9th, while from loth 

 October to 22nd November a steady stream of immigrants is 

 recorded from stations in Orkney, Shetland and the Outer Hebrides. 

 During this time there are also a good many records from the 

 Isle of May, Kylea Riu, Ardnamurchan and the Rhinns of 

 Islay; at this last station many were at the lantern on 19th, 21st 

 and 23rd October and 14th November. The Little Ross and 

 Killantringan lanterns record pretty steady movement from i6th 

 to 24th October, and again from 12th to 20th November. A 

 weather movement, due to frost, is reported from the Killan- 

 tringan lantern. Butt of Lewis and Sule Skerry between 1 7th and 

 25th December. 



The Wheatear, CEnanthe cenanthe. — The first notes of 

 Wheatears in 19 14 come from the Little Ross lantern on 20th 

 March, Mochrum on the 27th, Barra on the 28th, Cadder (Clyde) 

 on the 29th (2. vi. 88), and the lanterns of the Isle of May 

 and Butt of Lewis (i. 191 5, 30) on 2 9/3oth March. On 31st 

 March Wheatears appeared at Greenock (2. vi. 88), that night 

 at the Little Ross lantern, and next day near Largo and on Arthur's 

 Seat. Steady notes come of movements of Wheatears from 2nd 

 April to 29th May; at first there is a large proportion of mainland 

 notes, but as time goes on these decrease, till after 21st April 

 the records refer entirely to lighthouse lanterns and island stations. 

 The majority come from Orkney and Shetland, but the Isle of 

 May (and L.), Inchkeith (L.), and the Bass (L.), Rattray Head (L.), 

 Tarbatness (L.), Tiumpanhead (L.), and Little Ross (L.) also 

 report much movement. The largest numbers noted are " many " 

 arrivals at Fair Isle on i8th April and 4th May, about a hundred 

 at Pentland Skerries on the former date, and " a lot " at the Isle 

 of May on 23rd May (i. 19 14, 200). On 4th and loth June 

 one was seen at the Isle of May, and from this latter date till 19th 



