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The latest date is Nov. 15th, when, at Khiiins of Islay, sixteen 

 ■were killed between 6 p.m. and 4 a.m., wind S., breezes and haze; 

 and another record occurs at Pladda. Thus from Oct. 11th to 

 Nov. 15th marks thirty-five dn3's for passage. Snipe are thus seen 

 to make a rapid passage. (Local migrations occur earlier from 

 moors to lowland marshes in Scotland, September always 

 producing home-bred birds in our lowland marshes.) Kush of 

 foreign birds middle of November, 1879, as far as we can judge ; 

 but on Oct. 18tli "numbers" kept about all night round lantern 

 of Skerryvore ; wind S.E., light breeze, fog, and rain. Migration 

 mostly at night, judging from records, but also by daj'. 



Woodcock. — The northernmost station on west coast in 1879 

 is Island Glass ; thence southwards at Dhuheartach, Rhinns of 

 Islay, Lochindaul, Devaar, Corsewall, Mull of Gallow^ay, and 

 Douglas Head. Small numbers recorded in all cases, except at 

 Lochindaul, when about fort,y passed during the da3'time on Dec. 

 12th, when the wind w^as variable, light, and the weather clear. 

 The earliest date was Oct. 11th ; one killed at Rhinns of Isla}^ at 

 10 p.m., wind N., light, clear; the latest Dec. 12th. Too few data 

 to fix rushes, except the one in December, which no doubt was 

 directly caused by the severe frosts then recorded ; wind N. and 

 W., except on two occasions, on Oct. 7th at Douglas Head, wind 

 E. ; and on Oct. 30th at Mull of Gallow^ay, wind E. ; and on two 

 others, viz., variable and light, when (in the hard frost) the forty 

 were seen. 



Corn Crake, Crex pratensis. — Heard for first time at Lochin- 

 daul, June 2nd; at Kyleakin, June 9th, wind S.W., clear; and at 

 Skerryvore, June 20th, wind strong S.E., with fog. 



Wild Geese (sp. ?). — At Monach Island a flock "mixed old 

 and young" passed south at 10 a.m. on Dec. ISth, wind S.S.W., 

 fresh breeze, with haze ; this is the most northerl}^ station noted. 

 Thence southward the}' were seen at Kyleakin (passing N.W.) at 

 8 a.m., wind N.W., fresh breeze, and clear weather; also at 

 Sound of Mull, M'Arthur's Head and Devaar. The earliest date 

 is Aug. 17th (passing N.W.), and the latest Dec. 15th (twenty-four 

 passing W., at Sound of Mull). A migratory movement is thus 

 seen to have extended over one hundred and nineteen days. A 

 rush took place on Oct. 20th and 21st, at Sound of Mull and 

 M'Arthur's Head ; and again on December 18th, 14th and 15th, 

 at Monach Island, M'Arthur's Head, and Sound of Mull 



