REPORT ON SCOTTISH ORNITHOLOGY IN 1920 _§ 137 
BRITISH GOLDFINCH, Carduelts carduelis britannica.—On 209th 
February a Goldfinch was seen at Invergowrie, and a pair at 
Corsemalzie (Wigtownshire) on 23rd April. In autumn, dozens 
were seen about Dumfries (/ze/d, 22nd January 1921, p. 97), fourteen 
at High Glenling on 14th October, twenty-seven at Alticig on 18th 
October, and thirty-two at Mochrum Park on 24th November. 
SISKIN, Carduelis spinus.—Four were seen at Monifieth on 
4th January, one at the Isle of May on 22nd September, some there 
on 29th September, twelve on 6th October, and five on 8th October. 
Siskins visited Lerwick on 3rd and 8th October; eleven at Alticig 
(Wigtownshire) on 16th October, and twenty-seven at Mochrum 
Park on 24th November. 
Meaty REpDPOLL, Carduelis linaria linaria.—Two are reported 
from Whalsay Skerries on 25th February, some at the Isle of May 
on 29th September, a few from Fair Isle on 6th October, and a 
good many near Yoker on 17th October. 
Lesser REpDPOLL, Carduelis linaria cabaret.—About sixty were 
seen at Mochrum Loch, Wigtownshire, on 11th November. 
LINNET, Carduelis cannabina cannabina.—Noss Head and 
Auskerry report a good deal of movement between 15th and 24th 
April, and again from 26th September to 25th October, while on 
7th October many Linnets were going south by Elliot Water, Forfar- 
shire (1. 1920, 197), and flocks were seen on Foula on 8th October. 
NortHern Buturincu, Pyrrhula pyrrhula pyrrhula.—See 
Pato: 
Crosspitt, Loxia curvirostra curvirostra.—Crossbills probably 
of this race visited the Isle of May on 22nd October. 
Cuarrinca, Pringilla celebs celebs.— Much emigration is reported 
from our northern stations from 25th March to 6th May, and on 
31st March many visited Pladda. In autumn a great immigration 
took place, and was noted at many of our northern stations and the 
Isle of May; it began on 30th September and lasted till 22nd 
October. On 31st October and 21st November a Chaffinch visited 
Pladda, a few were on the Isle of May on 19th November, while on 
21st December a flock of three hundred females were seen at Alticig 
(Wigtownshire). 
BRaMBLING, Lringilla montifringilla. — During January and 
February a good many Bramblings are recorded from Southern 
Scotland, while from 31st March to 24th April there are constant 
notes of movement from Orkney, Shetland, and Noss Head; last 
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