EAST COAST OF SCOTLAND. 5 



fowl, fifty-three sj)ecies of land birds, and about eight or ten 

 species of littoral birds or waders, by our reporters on the East 

 Coast. 



Spring Migration I have kept distinct in this Report. 



I have not given compiled notes on weather in this place this 

 year, as all that requires to be said will be found under the 

 treatment of the species, and a short paragraph under General 

 Remarks. 



The whole space of time included by our 1882 returns runs 

 from February in spring onwards, and in autumn from July to 

 January 27th, 1883, the date of the last returned schedules. In 

 the General Remarks I notice briefly the spring migration of 

 1883— at Isle of May, &c. 



I visited this year Buchan Ness Lighthouse, on the Aberdeen- 

 shire coast, and Mr. Andrew Gallic showed me a Manx Shear- 

 water which he had found dead on the balcony in the winter of 

 1879 — 80. Mr. Geo. Sim, who was with me at the time, told me 

 it was the first he had ever had record of on the N.E. coast of 

 Aberdeenshire. 



I visited also Cape Wrath Lighthouse. There, I was told, 

 very few birds are ever seen at the lights, owing to its great 

 height above the sea. 



TuRDiD^. — In spring, at Isle of May, March 2nd, after E. to 

 S.E. gale for twenty-four hours, a few Redwings (accompanied by 

 Lapwings, Reed Buntings, Rooks, and Hooded Crows among land 

 birds, and Eider Duck, Teal, and Black Guillemots amongst 

 water-birds). At same station, on April 8th and 19th, with E. 

 winds. Redwings appeared ; and on April 15th and 28th, single 

 specimens of Ring Ouzels, again with strong E. or N.E. winds 

 (see Land Notes infra). In autumn, no records till September; 

 then at Whalsey, N. Ronaldshay,,Auskerry, Pentland Skerries, 

 Dunnet Head, Bell Rock, Isle of May (max.), from Sept. 20th, 

 records on to Jan. 25th, 1883 — the last record at N. Ronaldshay. 

 The earliest, Sept. 20th, was at Isle of May. All the species 

 recorded occurred all throughout the season, viz., Fieldfares, 

 Redwings, Missel Thrushes (min.). Common Thrushes (max.). 

 Blackbirds ; but Fieldfares and Redwings also very abundant. 

 Rushes, first at Auskerry and at N. Ronaldshay on Sept. 27th, 

 and indications of the same also at Pentland Skerries and Isle of 



