THIKD REPORT: 



ON 



THE MIGRATION OF BIRDS 



IN THE 



SPEING AND AUTUMN OF 1881. 



EAST COAST OF SCOTLAND. 



Iceland and Fakoe. — Schedules, &c., were, as before, for- 

 warded to Iceland and Faroe. Eeturns have come from Faroe, 

 the results of which I prefer to keep under a separate heading, 

 as they usually come in when the rest of the Eeport is well 

 advanced. 



Of SaxicolincB there is one record on May 13th, when one 

 Wheatear was seen on board the ' Arcturus,' thirty miles east of 

 the Orkney Isles. Of HirundiniclcB, one seen at Thorshavn on 

 May 22nd. Of Otidce, one Long-eared Owl was seen at Vivalvig, 

 Stromo, on June 27th. Of Ardeidce, one Night Heron, Nycticm'ax 

 griseus (Linn.), was killed at Videreijde on May 4th. In autumn 

 several Turtle Doves, Columha Turtur, were seen, and one shot 

 at Nolso on Sept. 7th. Of Rcdlidce, one Water Kail was killed in 

 the hospital garden, at Thorshavn, on Oct. 31st. Of Laridce, one 

 Pomatorhine Skua (young), was killed near Kirkebo on Oct. 26th. 

 Of RallidcE, one Coot, Fidica atra, was shot at Nolso on Nov. 8th. 



The winds prevailing at the time of the above records for the 

 most part southerly and easterly in Faroe, but on May 13th and 

 22nd southerly and westerly, and also S.W. on Nov. 8th. 



The usual papers were sent to twenty-six stations, as before. 

 With Iceland, Faroe and Fair Isle we have on this line thirty 

 stations in all. 



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