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19th September, when three arrived on the Isle of May, to 17th 

 November. This was most noticeable on the east coast, specially 

 in Haddingtonshire, but records of flocks also come from Wigtown- 

 shire and about Glasgow, and a Siskin reached Ailsa Craig on 17th 

 November. On nth December three were seen at Possil Marsh, 

 near Glasgow. 



Twite, Carduelis flavirostr-is flavirostris. — Fourteen arrived on 

 Pladda on 25th March, and from 8th October to 17th November 

 considerable movement is recorded from Ailsa Craig and Hyskeir. 



Mealy Redpoll, Carduelis linaria linaria. — A good many 

 arrived on our shores in November, the chief records coming from 

 Fair Isle and the Isle of May; "quite a number" were on P'air 

 Isle during December. 



Linnet, Carduelis cannabina cannabitia. — On 5th March two 

 Linnets visited Noss Head, and arrivals are recorded from Inver- 

 gowrie on loth April and the Isle of May two days later. A flock 

 of 500 was seen at Burrowhead, Wigtownshire, on 9th September, 

 a few on Ailsa Craig on i8th September and 6th November; while 

 on the morning of 4th October considerable passage to the south-east 

 took place over Largo. 



Northern Bullfinch, Fyrrhula pyrrhula pyrrhula. — See 

 p. 71. 



Scarlet Grosbeak, Carpodacus erythrinus erythrinus. — See 

 p. 72. 



Chaffinch, Fringilla ccelehs ccelebs. — A Chaffinch was at the 

 Pladda lantern at 4 a.m. on nth February, and during April 

 northward movement is noted at Isle of May, Fair Isle, and Noss 

 Head. Autumn movement was first apparent at the Pladda lantern 

 on 26th August, while constant notes of small numbers of Chafiinches 

 on the move come from the Isle of May, Fair Isle, Ailsa Craig, and 

 Hyskeir from 14th September to 17th November. 



Brambling, Fringilla mo7itifringilla. — Departures are recorded 

 generally from 21st March to 23rd April, last seen, Melrose on 25th 

 April and Fair Isle two days later. First reported in autumn from 

 the Isle of May on 18th September and Fair Isle on 24th September ; 

 a good deal of immigration is noted during October and up to 6th 

 November. 



Tree-Sparrow, Fasser mo?ita?ius inontajius. — About forty Tree- 

 Sparrows arrived on the Isle of May on 2nd October, and several 

 were seen at Invergowrie on 4th December. 



