1>50 BRITISH BIRDS. 



1904. Several were seen at Yarmouth and Blakeney in 

 November, 1905, and some at Cley on 2nd November, 1906 

 {id., t.c, 1905, p. 98 ; 1906, p. 1.36 ; 1907, p. 136). 



Mr. Patterson states (1900) that they arrive in great or less 

 numbers every winter, and are looked for by the bird-catchers 

 (A. H. Patterson, t.c, 1900, p. 406), and Mr. Gurney remarks 

 that in 1904 they were more in evidence than they had been 

 since 1892, though, indeed, they are annual visitors (J. H. 

 Gurney, t.c, 1905, p. 89). 



Warwick. — A male was caught near Birmingham on 21st 

 October, 1904 (T. Ground, t.c, 1904, p. 428). 



Yorkshire. — One was caught near Whitby in the spring 

 of 1870 {B. Yorks., p. 211). 



Scotland. — Flannan Isles. — A party of 30 to 40 young 

 and old was seen on 6th September, 1904, and some were 

 observed daily up to 21st September. They appeared again in 

 some numbers in the autumn of 1905 (W. Eagle Clarke, 

 Ann. S.N.H., 1904, p. 207 ; 1906, p. 19). Suleskerry.— 

 Several were seen on 22nd September, 1904 {id., t.c, 1904, 

 p. 207). Fair Isle— {1905). One heard, 7th September, 

 several seen, and one obtained 11th September, and "from 

 this date onward old and young birds were observed or heard 

 daily, and in some numbers, down to our departure." (1906). 

 First arrivals 8th September, not so numerous as in 1905, 

 but seen daily after this date. " This bird does not appear 

 to winter in the island ; but the return movement north was 

 witnessed in May, when a few arrived " {id., t.c, 1906, p. 18 ; 

 1907, p. 71). 



Ireland. — A male in winter plumage was caught with 

 some linnets near Kilbarrack Churchyard, Co. Dubhn, on 

 27th January, 1906 (W. J. Wilhams, Irish Nat., 1906, p. 112). 



The Lapland Bunting must still be regarded as a somewhat 

 erratic migrant to England. Previous to Mr. Clarke's valuable 

 observations detailed above the bird had seldom been recorded 

 in Scotland, but it would appear that it is in reaUty a regular 

 bird of passage in the northern and far western isles. 



SNOW-BUNTING Plectrophenax nivalis (L.). S. page 219. 

 Scotland. — Nests were found in July, 1903, on the spurs 

 of the Grampians which stretch southward between Rannoch 

 and Glen Lyon, and besides, their breeding there has been 

 well-known to intelligent persons during the last few years. 

 This is considerably further south than any of the previous 

 records. They have also been met with at the height of their 

 nesting season in 1905 on a mountain still further south, but 

 the exact locality is not indicated. " I tliink it may safely 



