A YEAR AT FAIR ISLE 87 



2'jth September.— ¥ oghorn going until 2.30 p.m. 

 South-east, light air ; fine. 



Many arrivals since yesterday. Yellow-browed 

 Warblers, three seen ; one, on rocks near lighthouse, 

 very tame, and allowed close approach; flicked its 

 wings like a Willow - Warbler ; the other two were 

 on the face of the cliffs. Redstarts in fair numbers on 

 cliffs. Greater Wheatears common. Song-Thrushes 

 and Redwings plentiful on cliffs. Merlin on moor. 

 Pied Flycatcher on cliff. Sanderling on beach. Tree- 

 Pipit on cliff. Jack Snipe by burn side. Little Stint 

 by burn ; very tame. Chaffinches, a flock of fifty, com- 

 posed of both sexes. Chiffchaff, amid dockens. Eider 

 Ducks, an immense flock, nearly all males in various 

 stages of pied plumage, but majority in full dress. 

 Willow- Warblers on cliff Reed-Bunting, one. 



2Sth September. — South-east, breezy ; dull, cooler ; 

 wind more southerly at night. Foghorn at 7.30 p.m. 



Starlings, first immigrants, at lantern at 3 a.m. 

 Yellow-browed Warbler on face of cliff near lighthouse. 

 Siskins, a few feeding on thistles. Swallows, about six 

 seen in pairs at different localities. Bluethroats, three 

 seen in potatoes, turnips, and brackens. Whinchat, 

 one. Tree- Pipits, several. Redstarts, not so common, 

 but still in numbers. Goldcrest, one on cliff Red- 

 wings and Song-Thrushes on cliffs, and not so 

 numerous. Bramblings, a few. Blackcaps, two in 

 potatoes. Phylloscopus borealis,' a male, a beautiful 

 specimen ; it was found in turnips, and was very wild ; 

 its dark colour attracted attention. White Wagtails, 

 a few. Garden - Warbler, in turnips. Redbreast, in 

 brackens. Greater Wheatears, some. Snipe, several, 

 one in potatoes. Kestrel seen. Water- Rail, one in 



