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island. Redstart, one seen, an arrival ; Willow-Warbler, 

 several seen ; White Wagtails, more numerous ; Tree- 

 Pipit, one; Lapp Bunting, one; Snow-Bunting, one; 

 and Temminck's Grasshopper Warbler (Z. lanceolata), a 

 young bird : the latter a new visitor to the island. 



\oth Scpteinbe7\ — North, strong and blustery, sunless, 

 cold. All birds sheltering. 



A Green Sandpiper, a Mealy Redpoll, a Tree- Pipit, a 

 Blackcap, and two Ortolan Buntings seen. 



wth September. — North, moderate; showers early, 

 later sunny, but cool. 



A young male Red-backed Shrike, several Mealy 

 Redpolls, two Ortolans, several Tree-Pipits, a Lapp 

 Bunting, and a Barred Warbler seen ; the last-named 

 took refuge among oats. Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 

 adult and young, seen daily to date. Ring Plover, 

 fourteen immigrants in flock. 



\2th September,- — North, moderate, cool; sunny and 

 showery. 



A Common Whitethroat among potatoes, several 

 Ortolan Buntings, a Snow-Bunting, a Tree-Pipit, and 

 two Lapp Buntings observed ; only one White Wagtail. 

 This species is now almost entirely absent from the 

 island. 



13M September. — South-east and southerly airs, fine 

 at first ; then south-west, light ; showery. 



A male Red-breasted Merganser in South Harbour. 

 Barred Warbler in the cabbages. Ortolan on face of 

 clifT, on west side. 



14M September. — South-west, rain in morning ; north- 

 west, fine, sunny later. 



An Ortolan Bunting, a Song-Thrush, and two Tree- 

 Pipits. All other migrants scarce. Noticed that the 



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