WEST COAST OF SCOTLAND. 7B 



Corn Crake, Crex pratensis. — The Corn Crake was heard at 

 Kyleakin on June 11th, and at Stornoway on May 4th, clear and 

 fine ; and at Lochindaul on May 18th, at night. 



Note. — At BalHna it was first noted by Mr. Warren on 

 May 2nd. 



Wild Goose. — At Rhu Stoir, May 12th, 10 a.m., twelve Wild 

 Geese seen, three males and three females ; light N. airs, clear. 



Ducks, Anatidce. — At Rhuvaal, Island Ghlais, and Ehu Stoir. 

 At Rhuvaal, March 8th, great numbers daily seen, where, how- 

 ever, they became scarcer between April 20th and 30th. At Rhu 

 Stoir, June 18th, 10 a.m., six Eiders, three males and three 

 females, wind light N., clear ; and July 28th, 8.30 a.m., thirty 

 "Wild Ducks," wind N.E., haze and rain. 



Terns. — Two evidently paired birds seen at Rhu Stoir on 

 May 18th, light to fresh variable winds. On May 26th, about 

 2 p.m., some scores of Terns were seen at Monach during S.W. 

 gale, and were the first that arrived to breed there ; and on June 

 14th, lots of nests containing two to three eggs were seen. At 

 Skervuile, May 10th, Terns were first observed this spring, wind 

 light E., and haze; and by 31st great numbers had passed; 

 some w^ere again seen on June 18th, in similar weather. At 

 Rhinns of Islay, Msij 12th, three seen at noon, fresh E. breeze; 

 and all during June, large numbers of " Tick Terns" fishing in 

 Lochindaul. At Stornoway, June 5th, they kept arriving at all 

 hours, and were the first to come to the breeding grounds. 



Note. — Mr. J. T. Garrioch notes the spring arrival of Terns at 

 Lerwick, in Shetland, from the north, on May 22nd, in ' The 

 Zoologist' {(J. v., 1880, p. 302); and, in a letter to me, he 

 substantiates his observation. Mr. Robert Warren notes the 

 first appearance of Sandwich Terns at Ballina, Ireland, on March 

 24th, and of Common Terns on May 14th. 



AUTUMN MIGEATION, 1880. 

 SEPARATE REPORT ON EACH SPECIES. 



Falconid^. — Two Sparrowhawks appeared at Rhu Stoir, in 

 attendance upon flocks of Finches and Larks, on Oct. 20th, 

 during light variable breezes, with snow. Also at Skerrj^vore, a 

 Hawk — probably of the same species, or a Merlin — lived on the 

 small birds on Oct. 14th and 15th; whilst at Dhuheartach a 



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