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Red-backed Shrike {Lanius c. coUurio). Now known as a regular 

 migrant at Fan- Isle, tlus species was again observed but in snialler 

 numbers than iLsual. One is also recorded from Lerwick, Shetland 

 on August 26tli (p. ()7). ' 



Red-breasted Flycatcher {Muscicapa p. parva). At the Islo of 

 May one between September 28th and 30th (p. r>2). 



Scandinavian Chiffchaff (PhyUoscopus c. abietinus). Except in 

 i^air Isle wliere tlio bird appears to bo a regular migrant very little 

 IS known about the passage of this race in the British Isles. Unfortu- 

 nately it is difficult to distinguish from the common Chiffchaff, its 

 vi^T^oW T^Tf'^'^r'"^ '*' '^'■S^ ■'^'"^- ^ g««d many are now 

 mh (p 5°') ^^ ^^ occurring between September 28th and 



Wood-warbler (PhyUoscopus s. sihUutrix). At Fail- Islo one 

 occiu-red on May 27th (p. 7). 



Blyth's Reed-warbler [Acrocephalus dumetormn). At Fair Islo 

 our or five occurred on September 24th, 2(ith, 29th and 30th, and 

 October 1st (p. 28). This is very interesting especially in view of 

 the tact that one has already been recorded in oiu- pages at Holy Island 

 September 2oth and another in Holderness, Yorkshire, on Septembei^ 

 20th (sitpra, pp. 200 and 217). Yet previous to the autumn of 1912 

 the bird was only known to have occurred once in the British Isles 

 VIZ. at iiair Isle on September 29th, 1910. 



IcTERiNE Warbler {Hypolais icterina). At Fair Isle examples 

 occm-red on August 5th, 10th, 21st (two) and 22nd (p. 28) The 



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Barred Warbler {Sylvia nisoria). At Fair Isle six were observed 

 between August 22nd and September 28th (p. 29). At the Isle of May 

 two appeared on September 12th (p. 51) and one between the 28th 

 SWl ?/Pm t J^'''''^ ''''' recorded (p. (57) from near Lerwick, 

 ni f i?fr.7 ^-J- ^7' °'''' °" September 3rd, one on the 9th and one 

 on the Ibth This autumn was remarkable for the number of Barred 

 Warblers— twelve bemg recorded as above for Scotland, one for 

 Ireland and seven for England, or twenty in all, which is nearly half 

 tne total number of previous records. 



Lesser Whitethroat [Sylvia c. curruca). Now known to be a 

 nfi^""'! i"'^'™" "'] 7T' ^"'^ ''''^ ^'^'^ ^"^^ °f ^^^y' thi^ bird was again 

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Continental Song-Thrush (Turdm ph. philomelus). Vast numbers 

 of Thrushes, the great majority being of this form (but there were also 

 ti^%mf{ 52) ""^ ^* *^^ ^^^^ °^ ^""^ between September 28th 



Black Wheatear ((Enanthe leucura ? subsp.). At Fair Isle a male 

 ot this species was present from September 28th to 30th. It was 

 several times clearly seen but was "not obtained, and the race to which 

 It belonged not ascertained. The only other recorded instances of 



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Black Redstart (PhcEnicurus o. gibraltariensis). At Fair Isle one 

 on April 25th (p. 29), at the Isle of May one on October 4th (p. 52), at 

 Lerwick, Shetland, one on October 12th, and one November 9th 



Red-spotted Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica ? subsp ) At Fair 

 Isle one on May lOth (p. 29). 



