266 Miss Baxter and Miss Rintoul on the [Ibis, 



there are but few records for May. Continuous movement 

 takes place in autumn from early September to tlie end of 

 October and sometimes into November : to begin with, the 

 numbers are small, and these are doubtless our own birds 

 leaving us ; later, with easterly and south-easterly winds, 

 enormous rushes of continental immigrants take place. 

 On these occasions the numbers are indescribable, and 

 Goldcrests are to be seen everywhere — among the rocks, on 

 the cliff- faces, all over the plateaux, in the gardens, and 

 on the buildings. Tliey are quite fearless, far the tamest of 

 any of the migrants ; we have frequently picked them up 

 when they were creeping about over the rocks or among the 

 nettles. They are strongly attracted by light, and many fall 

 victims to its fatal fascination. There is but one winter 

 record for the island — i. e., a Goldcrest at the lantern on 

 the morning of 18 December, 1913. 



"^Parus major major. The Continental Great Titmouse. 

 A bird of this race occurred on 15 October, 1910. 



Parus ater britannicus. The British Cole Titmouse. 

 The only record for the island is of one which appeared on 

 1 October, 1908, in one of the gardens. 



Parus caBruleus obscurus. The British Blue Titmouse. 

 One arrived on 30 September, 1908. A Blue Titmouse 

 (subsp. ?) is recorded on 9 October, 1884). 



.Slgithalus caudatus roseus. The British Long-tailed 

 Titmouse. A party of six frequented the rocks at the south 

 end of the island on 26 & 27 October, 1913. 



Lanius excubitor excubitor. The Great Grey Shrike. 

 Occasionally visits the island ; single birds are recorded on 

 16 October 1882, 25 October 1908, and 1 November 1914. 



Lanius collurio coUurio The Red-backed Shrike. This 

 Shrike occurs not infrequently in May, in ones or twos. A 

 Shrike which was procured on 27 September, 1907, and 



