iro THE SCOTTISH NATURALIST 



NOTES ON THE MOVEMENTS OF BIRDS IN 1921, 

 ARRANGED UNDER SPECIES.^ 



Hooded Crow, Corvus coriiix comix. — Movement is recorded 

 from 1 2th March to 12th April, and on i8th May one flew past the 

 Isle of May going west up the Firth. 



Carrion Crow, Corvus corone coro?ie. — On 22nd March eight, 

 "evidently strangers, were fighting with our home pair" at Corse- 

 malzie, Wigtownshire, and Carrion Crows visited Pladda on 

 T3th May. 



Rook, Corvus frtigi legii s fnigilegiis. — Small numbers are reported 

 from Pladda on 2nd April, and Fair Isle on 22nd February, loth 

 April, and 4th and 7th November. 



Jay, Garriclus gla7idarms. — On ist May a pair of Jays, probably 

 G. g. rtifiterguin were seen near Invergowrie, and the species 

 occurred repeatedly there in November and December, while about 

 25th November three were seen between Rothes and Craigellachie 

 {Scotsman, 6th December 1921). 



Starling, Sturmis vulgaris vulgaris. — Arrivals are noted at 

 Pladda on 20th February, and from iSth March to 6th April a good 

 deal of movement is recorded from this station, the Isle of May, and 

 Noss Head. On 5/6th May some were at the Isle of May lantern ; 

 by 24th May a flock of sixty was roosting in the reeds at Loch Elrig, 

 Wigtownshire, and much flocking after nesting is recorded in the 

 second half of June. From loth October to 17th November much 

 movement is recorded, entirely from west coast stations. 



Golden Oriole, Oriolus oriolus oriolus. — See p. 71. 



Greenfinch, Chloris cJiloris chloris. — One or two are recorded 

 from Noss Head on 3rd and 6th April, a flock of four hundred were 

 near Loch Elrig, Wigtownshire, on 6th October, three on Fair Isle 

 on 13th October, a few on Ailsa Craig on 3rd November and a 

 good many there on 6th November. 



Goldfinch, Carduelis carduelis. — Flocks of Goldfinches, 

 probably the British C. c. britannica, are noted in January in 

 Wigtownshire, one bird on Mearns Moor, Forfarshire, on 24th 

 April, one about a mile north of Montrose on 22nd September, 

 and a very large flock near Portpatrick on 26th September. 



Siskin, Carduelis spinus. — Several were seen at Melrose on 

 ist May. A considerable immigration took place in autumn from 



^ Several important ringing records published too late to be included under 

 " Ringing" are inserted here, under the species to which they refer. 



