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of May on 6th April, the subspecies not being stated. Emigrants 

 of the continental E. r. rubecula are recorded from Fair Isle from 

 loth to 30th April, and the Isle of May from 4th to 7th May, while 

 on 13th May a British Redbreast, E. r. melophilus, turned up on 

 the latter island. From 14th to 2gth September movements of 

 small numbers of our British subspecies were noted on the Isle 

 of May, and it seems probable that records from Ailsa Craig during 

 this period and on 5th and 26th October also refer to this form. 

 One of the typical form E. r. rubecula visited the Isle of May 

 on 19th September, and a few were on Fair Isle on 4th and 24th 

 November. 



Hedge - Sparrow, Prunella modularis. — Hedge - Sparrows, 

 probably all of the British race, visited Noss Head on 23rd March, 

 Pladda on 27th July and 23rd August, Isle of May from 15th to 

 25th September, Ailsa Craig i8th September, 5th and 17th October, 

 3rd and 6th November, and Hyskeir on ist and 2nd October. 



Wren, Troglodytes troglodytes troglodytes. — -Movements of small 

 numbers are recorded from Ailsa Craig on 14th and i8th September, 

 5th October, 3rd and 6th November; the Isle of May from 20th to 

 29th September and 12th November, and Hyskeir from ist to 4th 

 October and 21st October to 14th November. 



Swallow, Hirundo rustica 7-iistica. — First reported from Beith 

 on 4th April, Fossil Marsh on 8th, Summerston on 9th, and 

 Hareshawmuir, Ayrshire, on 12th April; thereafter much arrival is 

 recorded up to the end of the month. A few were seen at Fair Isle 

 on 29th April and 14th May, a good many at Pladda on 6th and 

 nth May, passage over the Isle of May occurred from 7th to i8th 

 May, and two at Vallay (O.H.) on 13th and 23rd May. Many 

 Swallows left us in September and one was on Fair Isle on 22nd 

 September. Last seen. Largo and Elliot, Forfarshire, on 8th 

 October, Leswalt and Port Patrick 9th October, and Auchencairn, 

 Kirkcudbright, on 19th October. 



House-Martin, DeUchon urbica urbica. — A very early House- 

 martin was seen at Ross of Mull on 10th April "very tired." They 

 reached Melrose on i6th April, Broughton, Peeblesshire, on 25th, 

 and Kinglassie, Fife, on 29th April. After this much arrival is 

 recorded, but it was not till the last week of May that the full 

 numbers reached some of their breeding-places. A few were seen 

 on Fair Isle on 8th June, and one on Pladda on nth June. Some 

 departure took place during August, but the bulk of the birds left 

 during September; last seen. Largo 7th October and Collessie,. Fife,{; 

 1 5 th October. /iv'^^^S® 



