THE BIRDS OF ST KILDA 209 



Here he saw two Little Buntings on the grass within 

 a few feet of him, but durst not shoot, as the natives 

 and their dogs were chasing sheep all around him. 

 Stout is quite familiar with this bird at Fair Isle, 

 where he has seen as many as a dozen examples in 

 a single season. 



^' Plectrophenax nivalis, Snow-Buntwg. — The first 

 bird of the season, in 1910, to come under our notice 

 was observed near the summit of Mullach Sgail on 28th 

 September. Though this species has not hitherto been 

 recorded for St Kilda, Mr Neil Ferguson told me that 

 it is seen regularly in numbers on the high ground in 

 the late autumn. 



Dr Wiglesworth has informed me that he received 

 a specimen which had been obtained on 28th April 

 1904. He was told that the bird occurred every 

 spring. 



In 1911 the first Snow-Bunting appeared on 20th 

 September. Several were seen on the following day, 

 after which these birds were observed almost daily, 

 sometimes in small flocks, down to the time of our 

 departure. 



^ Calcarius lapponicus, Lapland Btinting. — I was 

 particularly pleased to meet with this old friend — one 

 which I have now fallen in with on various Scottish 

 islands for seven Septembers in succession. It was not 

 observed until 20th September 19 10, but it may have been 

 present for some little time, since it was found among 

 the crags on the east face of Connacher, at about 800 

 feet above sea-level. Others were seen on the cliffs 

 facing the Dun Passage on the 21st and 23rd; and on 

 the 24th an adult female was found in the crofts. This 

 bird has only been recorded for the Outer Hebrides, 

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