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the leg quite easily, so easily that it is a wonder the bird 

 had not got it off itself. It is indeed curious that of the 

 hundreds if not thousands of Razorbills nesting on this 

 island, the only one to be captured should be one of the two 

 T marked there three years all but three days ago. I replaced 

 the ring with one numbered 32840. H. W. Robinson. 



ScAHCB BIRDS AT THE IsLE OF May. — ^Miss E. V. Baxter 

 and Miss L. J. Rintoul give {Scot. Nat., 1914, pp. 106-111) an 

 interesting report of the most important occurrences of 

 birds at the Isle of May in 1913. The authors state that 

 the mortality amongst the migrants was in excess of anything 

 they had seen before, many Redwings, Thrushes, and Gold- 

 crests being starved to death, while many others were too 

 weak to fly. It is not, however, stated whether this observa- 

 tion refers to the spring or autumn, but presumably the 

 latter is intended. The following are noteworthy : — 



Golden Oriole {Oriolus o. oriolus). — One on Sept. 13th and 14th. 



Scarlet Grosbeak (Carpodacus e. erythrinus). — One on Sept. 20th 

 and 21st. 



Little Bunting {Emberiza pusilla). — One on Oct. 8th. 



Lapland Bunting (Calcarius I. lapponicus). — One on Sept. 24th. 



Shore-Lark (Eremophila a. flava). — Four on Oct. 9th. 



Blue-headed Wagtail (Motacilla f. flava). — One on May 13th. 



Continental Golden -crested Wren {Regidiis r. regvJiis). — Many 

 on Sept. 30th. 



Red-breasted Flycatcher {Mtiscicapa p. parva). — One on Oct. 1st. 



Scandinavian Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus c. ahietinus). — One on 

 Sept. 30th and others in October. 



Yellow-browed Warbler (Ph. s. superciliosus). — One on Sept. 25th 

 and three on the 30th. 



Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia c. curruca). — Seven or eight on 

 May 4th, some May 13th and some in September. 



Black Redstart (Phnenicurus o. gibraltariensis). — One on May 5th 

 and subsequently until May 14th one or two ; one or two from Oct. 1 1th 

 to 17th. 



Continental Redbreast (Dandaltus r. rubecula). — One on May 6th 

 and usual numbers in September. 



Wryneck (Jynx t. torquilla). — One on May 13th. 



Short-eared Owl (Asio f. flammeus). — A good many visited the 

 island and preyed upon the smaller migrants, while even Turnstones 

 and Common Terns were found in their "larders" in tufts of grass. 

 They were observed to chase migrants round the lighthouse at night, 

 and it is thought that most of their captures were made in this way. 



Hawfinch in co. Dublin. — The Rev. C. W. Benson 

 records (Irish Nat., 1914, p. 104) that a male Coccothrav.stes 



