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and during August a good deal of southward migration is reported. 

 Five were on Hyskeir on nth September, one on the Isle of May 

 14th and 15th September, and one going south at Kilmalcolm on 

 23rd October. 



Great Snipe, Gallinago media. — See p. 73. 



Common Snipe, Gallinago gallinago gallinago. — Movement of 

 small numbers is reported from Fair Isle, Pladda, and Isle of May 

 from 14th March to t 7th April. Snipe had returned to the Isle of 

 May on 30th July, and many were seen about Loch Elrig, Wigtown- 

 shire, on 23rd August. A good deal of movement is noted from 

 Fair Isle, Hyskeir, and Ailsa Craig from 26th September to 14th 

 November. 



Jack Snipe, Linmocryptes gallimila. — Last seen. Fair Isle on 

 7th April, and Hareshawmuir on 12th April. Returns are noted in 

 autumn from Fciir Isle on 15th September, Cathcart on 23rd, many 

 at Fair Isle 27th, few Hyskeir lantern 2 8/2 9th, and some Isle of 

 May 29th September. Thereafter many notes of arrival up to 

 loth November. 



Woodcock, Scolopax rusticola. — Single birds are reported from 

 Tiree on loth March, and Fair Isle loth April and 2nd May. The 

 first autumn immigrant recorded is from Fair Isle on 3rd October, 

 and from this time to 17th November constant arrivals are noted; 

 these are mostly not large, though "a large flight" arrived at 

 Cochno in late October, " many " are reported from Fair Isle on 

 4th November, and ''considerable arrivals" from Islay on 17th 

 November. Four were flushed at Vallay (O.H.) on 4th December, 

 " first this season." 



Sandwich Tern, Sterna sandvicensis safidvicensis. — First noted 

 at Pittenweem on 5th April, Largo Bay on 12th, and Elliot, Forfar- 

 shire, on 26th April. "Constant and considerable movement" 

 southward was noticed at Balcomie on 9th August, and eastward 

 at Largo next day. Last seen, Carnoustie Bay on i ith September, 

 and Gillespie, Wigtownshire, on 19th September. 



Common Tern, Sterna hirundo. — -First recorded on i6th April 

 at Monifieth Bay and in the Tay Estuary on 25th April, arrivals at 

 breeding places being noted up to 22nd May. Movement on 9th 

 and loth August as in preceding species; last seen, off Gillespie on 

 19th September, a young bird at the Hyskeir lantern on 28/29111 

 September, and a few in the Firth of Forth on 30th September. 



Black-headed Gull, Lar-us ridihinidiis. — Was "in at all nesting 

 colonies" in the Dundee district on 12th March, and on passage at 



