REPORT ON THE MIGRATION OF BIRDS. 



90. 



Chanonry Point, Elgin. ... 



... 40 ft. 





21. 



Covesea Skerries, Elgin. ... 



... 160 





2-2. 



Kinnaird Head, Aberdeen...* 



... 120 





23. 



Buchan Ness, Aberdeen. ... 



... 130 





24. 



GinUeness, Aberdeen. 



... 185 





s.-). 



Montroseness, Aberdeen. ... 



... 124 





20. 



=:-:=Bell Rock, off Fife Coast. ... 



... 93 



James Jack. 



27. 



=:'-=:=Isle of May, Firtb of Forth. 



... 240 



Joseph Agnew. 



28. 



*Inoh Keith, Firth of Forth. 



... 220 



Robert Grierson 



29. 



St. Abbs Head, Berwick. 



... 2241 





I am also indebted to many other persons for interesting notes 

 from various localities, bearing upon the subject of migration. 

 A selection of these I will take notice of in the following report 

 sej)arately, under the head '' Notes,''' as I consider it advisable to 

 keep the one set of observations apart from the other. Further 

 notice of similar observations will be found in my " Third Report 

 on Scottish Ornithology," now i^reparing for press and partly read 

 to the Natural History Society of Glasgow, on Jan. 25th, 1881, 

 being a continuation of Reports read to the same Society, in 1880 

 and 1879, and relating to 1878-79, 1879-80. Many data will be 

 found in these Reports having close and intimate connection with 

 the Migration Reports proper. 



As nearly as can be ascertained, notes have been kept by our 

 east-coast reporters upon nine species of waterfowl and thirty 

 species of land birds. 



The new feature of this Report is the separate treatment of 

 the spring and autumn migrations, owing to the greater length of 

 time over which our reporters made notes. Another new feature 

 is the ohituary — or list of deaths — at the different stations. 



In my Report on the East Coast of Scotland, however, I have 

 not thought it necessary to keep the spring migration distinct, 

 owing to the comparative scarcity of records on our East Coast, 

 but in my West Coast Report I do so. Nor have I given an 

 obituary for either coast, as the numbers on all the Scottish 



j I au] anxious to receive returns from this locahty, not having received 

 any hitherto. I have to thank Mr. W. Anderson for a very full return at 

 Snml)urf,'h Head up to Nov. 22nd. I hope he will find St. Abbs as interesting 

 a locality, though, I fear, the Great Siren horn, with its unearthly shriek, 

 will prove a great scare to migrants in a fog. 



