268 THE SCOTTISH NATURALIST 



October. The last record for the season is one at the Butt of 

 Lewis on 8th October (i. 191 5, 32). 



The Sand-martin, Riparia riparia riparia. — Is first reported 

 in 1 9 14 from Lentran on 30th March, the Endrick on 1st April 

 (2. vi. 88), Summerston (I.e.) and Dalgowan on the 3rd, and 

 Bothwell next day (I.e.). After this no further arrivals are 

 recorded till 8th April, when Sand martins are noted at Longcroft 

 (Berwickshire) and Arbroath, Corsemalzie and Uuddingston Loch 

 next day, and " plentiful " at Glenorchard on loth April. Arrivals 

 at mainland stations are reported up to 23rd April. Single birds, 

 probably passage migrants, are noted from Fair Isle on 22nd April 

 and 7th May, Pentland Skerries on 17th, and Lerwick on 17th and 

 i8th May. Two were at Fair Isle on 20th May, several passing 

 the Isle of May on the 21st, and one on the 22nd May 

 (i. 1914, 200), one at Noup Head on 27th May, several at 

 Inchkeith on 15th June, and single birds on Fair Isle on 29th and 

 30th June. By the last date Sand-martins were congregating into 

 flocks at Lauder ; last seen Johnstone on 7th August, Invergowrie 

 on 30th August, Dunragit (Old Luce) on 3rd September and Largo 

 Bay on 22 nd September, while the last record for the season comes 

 from Fair Isle on 6th October. 



The Swift, Apus a pus apus. — The first records come from 

 St Andrews on 22nd April, Thornhill on the 25th (i. 1914, 143), 

 and St Abbs and Peebles on 30th April. Large arrivals took 

 place on 2nd and 3rd May; on the former date Swifts are recorded 

 from Duns, Longcroft, Rouken Glen (2. vi. 93) and Lanark (I.e.), 

 and on the latter " numbers " at Melrose, more at Longcroft, 

 and some at Edinburgh, Kilmacolm (2. vi. 93) and Gareloch, 

 Clyde (I.e.). After this the spread was rapid, and arrivals at 

 breeding sites are reported up to 21st May. Swifts were passing 

 the Isle of May on 17th and 21st May (i. 19 14, 199), Fair Isle on 

 nth, 1 8th, 19th and 24th June; numerous at Inchkeith on 13th 

 June, and single birds at the Flannans on 15th and 20th June, 

 Lerwick on 21st June, the Butt of Lewis next day, and Isle of 

 May on 28th June. July records come from Fair Isle on the 

 3rd (i), Galson (O.H.) on the 4th (i), and the Isle of May on 

 the 7th (4) and 29th (several). During the first half of August 

 we have many notes of departures, and by the 15th almost all 

 our home-breeding birds seem to have left. Single birds are 

 noted at the Flannans on 17th and 19th August, and Fair Isle 

 on 24th August; three at the Butt of Lewis on 27th August, 



