Ii6 THE SCOTTISH NATURALIST 



Garden Warbler, Sylvia borln. — Recorded from Melrose on 

 yth May, Beith on nth, Johnstone, Loch Goil and Loch Awe 

 on r2th May. One visited Hyskeir on i6th July, and passage 

 migrants are reported from Fair Isle on 19th, 20th, 26th, and 29th 

 September and ist October, and from Outskerries, Shetland, on 

 27th September. 



Blackcap, Sylvia atricapilla atricapilla. — Recorded from 

 Cathcart on ist May, Isle of May (c?) on 6th May, 9th, loth, 

 and 20th August and 29th September ( cJ c? ), Fair Isle (?) on 

 ist October, and Hyskeir ( c? ) on 30th October. 



Whitethroat, Sylvia commiDiis coniimtnis. — First notes of 

 arrival come from Corsemalzie on 25th April, Giffnock and 

 Kingoodie (Perthshire) on 30th April, and Invergowrie on ist 

 May. Thereafter steady records of arrival at breeding-places come 

 up to 14th May, and Whitethroats were seen on the Isle of May 

 up to 19th May. During July many left Invergowrie; last seen, 

 Derrie, Wigtownshire, 24th August, Dundee and N. Fife 28th 

 August, Hyskeir 5th September, and Isle of May 15th September. 



Lesser Whitethroat, Sylvia curruca curnica. — One occurred 

 on Fair Isle on 9th May, one on the Isle of May on loth May, 

 about forty there on 12th, and a good many on 13th May. In 

 autumn single birds are noted on Fair Isle on ist, i8th, 

 and 23rd September and 4th October, and the Isle of May 

 on 19th September. 



Eastern Lesser Whitethroat, Sylvia curruca affiiiis. — 

 See p. 71. 



Fieldfare, Turdus pilaris. — From 20th February to 21st March 

 some movement of Fieldfares is recorded, and from 5th April till 

 the end of the month the northward migration was very pro- 

 nounced. On ist May a great movement to the north is 

 recorded from Fenwick, Ayrshire (2. xv. 89) ; last seen, Hareshaw- 

 muir 7th May, Pladda 8th, and Isle of May on 14th May. The 

 first autumn note comes from the Isle of May, where two Fieldfares 

 were seen on 29th September. Flocks are noted at Barachan, 

 Wigtownshire, and Erraid on 6th October, and from 15th October to 

 6th November a good deal of arrival took place. On 15th November 

 a very large number arrived on the Isle of May and flocks were 

 going south, at Largo. 



Mistle-Thrush, Turdus viscivorus viscivorus. — One was at 

 the Pladda lantern at 6 a.m. on i6th February, and this species 

 was "back to the woods" at Hareshawmuir on 25th February. On 



