90 STUDIES IN BIRD-MIGRATION 



Greater Wheatears still common. Kestrel, one. Red- 

 throated Pipit, an immature female : it rose from 

 potatoes, and was detected by its strange note heard 

 by me for first time in Fair Isle yesterday. Ring 

 Plovers, several in flock. Merlin, one. Tree- Pipits, 

 very few now. Hedge-Accentor, one among cabbages. 



&^th October. — North-west breeze, much cooler ; dull, 

 and then sunny periods ; fog at night. 



Redwing killed at lantern at i a.m. ; Jack Snipe, at 

 2 A.M. Redwings and Snow-Buntings, a number of 

 arrivals. No Lesser Black-backed Gulls in their 

 favourite haunts. 



^th October. — South-east, dull, cool, a.m. ; south- 

 south-east breeze, p.m. Very few birds after yesterday's 

 north-westerly weather. 



Larks emigrating south at 8 a.m. Siskins, a small 

 party. Jack Snipe in turnips. Bramblings, a flock of 

 about fifty. Snipe in potatoes. Reed- Bunting, one. 

 Goldcrest, male, in cabbages. Merganser in geo. Tree- 

 Pipits, a few. Lesser Black-backed Gull, one immature. 

 Merlins several. Wheatears, comparatively few now. 

 Snow- Buntings, thirty in flock. 



6th October. — Southerly breeze ; dull, foggy. 



Many arrivals since yesterday, but all in hiding and 

 very difficult to find. Redwings and Bramblings at 

 lanterns of both Hghthouses at 4 a.m. ; large flocks on 

 the island ; the former very numerous on the face of 

 the cliffs. Jack Snipe, a number. Lesser White- 

 throat in cabbages. Wheatears (both races), very 

 few. Song - Thrushes, many on the cliffs and else- 

 where. Tree - Pipit, one only. Alpine Accentor, one 

 distinctly seen at close quarters on the face of the 

 cliff, on the west side. Ring - Ouzel, one. Blackbird, 



