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some being always here, but additions on Sept. 24th. Possibly 

 Mr. Agnew alludes, however, to Eock Pipits as the residents. 

 The Meadow Pipit is probably the species first seen as additions 

 on Sept. 24th. N.B. The Eock Pipit is a larger bird than the 

 Meadow Pipit; please shoot one of the "resident birds" and 

 then one of the '' additions," and if carefully compared, I think 

 Mr. Agnew will detect the difference. 



HiRUNDiNiD^. — Spring : Cromarty, Auskerry, Sumburgh 

 Head, and Whalsey Skerries. First arrivals at Auskerry, May 

 1st (Martins and Swallows remained three days and then left) ; 

 latest, at T\T2alsey Skerries, June 27th (a few flying about). 

 Kush hardly perceptible. General Notes :— At Sumburgh Head 

 four pairs all summer ; all disappeared on night of July 20th. 

 That night one pair slept on the staircase-mndow. — Autumn : 

 Whalsey Skerries, Sumburgh Head, Auskerry, Pentland Skerries, 

 Cromarty, and Isle of May (a number). Earliest (see remarks 

 under Spring Migration, supra, July 20th) ; latest at Sumburgh 

 Head, Oct. 1st (one seen). No great rush appreciable, but flocks 

 of Swallows and Martins seen at Auskerry Aug. 1st and 4th, and 

 on 1st at Isle of May (one found dead previous night after heavy 

 gales) ; (see Notes under Tuedid^, suj^ra) part of a general rush 

 of migrants. 



FringilliDxE. — Spring : Isle of May, Bell Eock, Sumburgh 

 Head (considerable movement). Linnets. Earliest at Isle of 

 May, March 4th (asleep all night on doorway) : two green Lin- 

 nets. Latest at Isle of May, April 14th (seen). General Notes : 

 — Two days previous " considerable number of Chaffinches, which 

 are very unusual at this season ; also one Bullfinch." From a 

 remark of Mr. Agnew, that some of the latter breed on Isle of 

 May, I suspect these "Linnets" will prove to be Twites or 

 Mountain hinneis, Linota Jlavirostris ? These Linnets are also 

 noted at Bell Eock on April 10th, and at Sumburgh Head on 

 March 7th. — Autumn : Sumbm-gh Head, Isle of May, and Inch 

 Keith (large movement). Earliest (Grey Linnets) at Isle of May, 

 Aug. 18th (mostly young, apparently in broods, in large num- 

 bers) ; latest at Sumburgh Head, Jan. 14th, 1882 (three seen). 

 Eushes (Chaffinches) at Isle of May, Sept. 22nd to 26th (see 

 Notes under Turdid.e). Brambling also on 24th (one sent me 

 for identification). Siskin at Inch Keith, Sept. 25th. [General 

 Notes : — A desultory migration, kept up of Linnets and Siskins 



