REPORT ON THE MIGRATION OF BIRDS. 167 
Lapwine, Vanellus cristatus. — Reported to have left the 
vicinity of Hoy Sound in the third week of September. At 
Auskerry thirty or forty were seen about 3 p.m. on Sept. 11th, wind 
light W. and haze, and at Tarbet Ness a large flock was seen at 
11 a.m., when the wind was N.W., light and haze on Oct. 12th. 
Prover, Charadrius pluvialis— At Pentland Skerries a flock 
was seen at 1.15 a.m. on Sept. 8rd, wind S.W., almost calm, with 
fog, and another flock at 2 p.m. on Dec. 7th, wind N.W. and clear. 
These represent earliest and latest dates. At Dunnet Head about 
160 Plovers passed with S.E. wind and rain. At Tarbet Ness a 
large flock seen at 4 p.m., wind N.W., fresh and haze on Oct. 12th. 
Plovers remained unusually late on the high hills of Perthshire 
this autumn. On Oct. 15th I saw three on the hills around 
Glen Queich, and two flocks on the 16th. On the 14th was a 
snowstorm and ice a quarter of an inch in thickness on hill 
puddles. 
Heron, Ardea cinerea.—At Girdleness on October 23rd two 
Herons were seen at 3.30 p.m., wind S.W., clear. 
Curtew, Numenius arquata.— Only three records, one of which 
no doubt refers to local migration or to late spring or summer. 
On June 29th a flock was seen at Pentland Skerries at 7.40 p.m. 
At Sumburgh Head, on July 30th, “a number crying very loud” 
were heard about 11 a.m., wind W.S.W. (gale on Aug. 1st), with 
haze and rain. At Pentland Skerries, on Dec. 11th, a flock was 
noted at 7.40 p.m. during light W. wind and clear. Did the migra- 
tion last from July 30th to Dec. 11th? Curlews appear to migrate 
from early dawn to dusk, as far as records show. These birds were 
nearly a month late in arriving on our coast in Stirlingshire. 
SANDPIPER (sp. ?).— At Pentland Skerries thrée struck and 
were killed ; wind strong 8.W. and haze. 
Woopncock, Scolopax rusticola.—The most northerly station 
was North Ronaldshay. Thence southward, but nowhere in large 
numbers, seen or struck at Auskerry, Pentland Skerries, Dunnet 
Head, Tarbet Ness, Girdleness, and Isle of May. The largest 
number seen at any station at the same time being five at Tarbet 
Ness on December 3rd. A single bird is noted at Dunnet Head 
as early as Sept. 17th. None again till Oct. 15th, when one was 
killed at North Ronaldshay at 9 p.m., wind N.E., moderate, with 
sleet. The latest recorded was Dec. 3rd, when, as related above, 
five were seen at Tarbet Ness at 11.30 a.m., wind strong W., with 
