168 BRITISH BIRDS. [vol. vii. 



as on the previous occasion, and to Mr. W. J. Bolam for much 

 kind help. 



The total number of species and subspecies seen on, or 

 from, the island in 1912 was one hundred and four, and this 

 total was increased in 1913 to one hundred and eighteen. 

 Some forty-five species were noted as passage-migrants. 

 Immigration was proceeding on twenty-four days out of 

 thirty-five. As last year, warblers came in very small 

 numbers, and the greatest number of one species seen in a 

 day was six (Willow- Warbler). On the other hand a con- 

 siderable variety of species would sometimes be seen, as 

 for instance on September 15th, when I noted immigrants 

 of eighteen different species and found seven fresh arrivals 

 of seven different kinds in a small copse which the day before 

 had been empty. In point of numbers the largest immigra- 

 tions occurred from September 30th to October 2nd when 

 Finches, Goldcrests, Redwings, Robins and other birds 

 arrived in considerable numbers. Judging by the species 

 concerned, these latter immigrations must have been, I think, 

 of Scandinavian origin, and on these days I noted (as on 

 several occasions in 1912) afternoon arrivals. 



The following birds are, I think, worthy of special record : — 



Scarlet Grosbeak {Carpodacus e. erythrinus). — On August 

 30th I obtained a female Scarlet Grosbeak in the copse already 

 referred to. By dissection it appeared to be a bird of the 

 year. On the same day there were Redstarts, Pied Fly- 

 catcher, Tree-Pipits, Willow- Warblers and Long-eared Owls, 

 but as this was my first day in the island I cannot say when 

 they arrived. There had been a fog the day before. 



On September 15th I saw a finch which, by its " dirty " 

 coloured double wing-bar and streaked throat and breast, 

 appeared to be another example hke the one I obtained on 

 August 30th ; but it was very wild, and would not let me 

 approach nearer than some eighty yards. The next day I 

 got two very good views of it at about the same distance, 

 and had ample time to note, with the help of my binoculars, 

 its characteristics more clearly — ^the streaked throat and 

 breast, double huffish wing-bar, brown upper-parts, and 

 more slender shape than other finches or buntings of the 

 size, being well marked. 



Continental Golden-crested Wren {Eegulus r. regulus) 

 (see Vol. VI., p. 204). — ^A large immigration of Goldcrests 

 took place on September 30th and October 1st, and the 

 specimens examined were of the Continental form. 



