
By Leonora J. Rintoul and Evelyn V. Baxter. Forming 
the July and August, 1917, issues ot The Scottish 
Naturalist. 
Tuts annual Report has suffered much less than one would 
have expected by the war, though the effects of loss of 
observers and restrictions of all kinds are to be seen im the 
smaller number of observations, and perhaps more especially 
in the records of occurrences of rarities. 
Nevertheless, the report is full of interesting material 
brought together by Miss Rintoul and Miss Baxter in the 
excellent and careful manner which their previous reports 
have led us to expect. In our notice of last year’s report 
we asked that the whereabouts of localities, obscure to the 
map-maker, might be indicated, and this has now been done 
to a great extent, for which we, and doubtless many other 
readers, are duly grateful. 
The following observations of special interest, which have 
not been noted previously in our pages, are culled from the 
report. 
CARRION-CroOw (Corvus c. corone).—TIwo at the Butt of Lewis (Outer 
Hebrides) on April 2nd, and four at North Ronaldshay (Orkneys) on 
October 25th. It was also frequently seen on the Isle of May in 
March, and again on October 28th and November 4th, which point 
to migratory movements. 
HAwFINCH (Coccothraustes c. coccothraustes ).—One, Skerries (Shetland) 
on July 7th. Uncommon visitor to Shetland. 
Meaty Reprout (Carduelis 1. linaria).—One or two in Wigtownshire 
in February. The bird is a scarce and irregular visitor to western 
Scotland. 
GRASSHOPPER-WARBLER (Locustella n. nevia)—One at Fair Isle 
(Shetlands) on April 21st. Has occurred on three previous occasions 
at Fair Isle, but not elsewhere, we believe, in the northern isles. 
GARDEN-WARBLER (Sylvia borin).—Passage migrants at Lerwick 
on May 30th and from June 7th to 13th, several in September at 
Cromarty and one at Sule-Skerry (Orkney) on October 22nd. 
LessER WHITETHROAT (S. ¢c. curruca).—One at the Little Ross 
lantern (Kirkeudbrightshire) on May 8th. 
Mistie-TurusH (Turdus v. viscivorus).—Several reported from 
the Orkneys both in spring and autumn. 
Biack Repstart (Phenicurus o. gibraltariensis)—One at Swona 
(Orkney) on October 27th. : 
CoNTINENTAL REDBREAST (Hrithacus r. rubecula).— Emigration is 
reported from the northern isles between April 19th and 28th, and 
a large number of Robins passing through the Isle of May at this 
_ time were also probably continental birds. On October 9th one was 
ee in Fife, and during November a number arrived in the northern 
es. 
