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light S.E. Again, on May 22nd, one seen at Isle of May, S.E. 

 clear ; and on 29th one, at 6 p.m., seen flying S., light W., clear ; 

 and on June 28th one again, at Isle of May, at 3 p.m., light E., 

 fog. In autumn, on Sept. 26th, at Isle of May, one, light S.E., 

 hail and rain ; and Nov. 2nd, at Isle of May, one flew S., after 

 coming to the light ; and on 26th another was seen. At Pent- 

 land Skerries one rose off the island and flew W., gale from S.E. 

 In December, Wood Pigeons occurred at Isle of May under the 

 following circumstances and dates : — On 3rd, one ; on 6th, 

 thirteen flying S., severe snowstorm ; on 12th, thirty, light W. 

 wind, thick fog; on 13th, fifty-one in lighthouse garden, eating 

 ravenously; severe snowstorm from the 6th to 9th, and hard 

 frost until 16th ; on 14th-15th, hundreds seen. A rush caused 

 by local stress of weather, or they may have come directly across 

 seas. {Note. — I have elsewhere noted the arrivals of Wood 

 Pigeons from Norway, as seen by me on the Fifeshire coast, and 

 the S. trend of their flight, as soon as they came over the land ; 

 and I have given the above records in detail, as I think they will 

 be useful again.) Besides Wood Pigeons, I have two records of 

 Eock Doves, — one at Pentland Skerries, seen flying N., with 

 light S. wind, at 3 p.m., on Nov. 8th ; and one on Dec. 1st, at 

 midnight, at Dunnet Head, fresh S.S.E., thick haze and rain; 

 probably only local movements. Two species recorded. La7id 

 Notes. — About a dozen ** Small Pigeons," which "may," Mr. 

 Garrioch thinks, *' have been Wood Pigeons," were seen in the 

 Island of Yell at the end of October, and from other quarters. 

 Mr. Garrioch was informed of flights of " strange birds seen from 

 the off- lying islands flying off in a southerly direction." 



Pallida. — Eecords of Corn Crake scarce. In May, first 

 heard at Cromarty on 14th. In September one killed at light at 

 Pentland Skerries on 20th, light N.E. and cloudy, indicating 

 possibly date of departure from the Orkneys. Land Note. — I am 

 credibly informed that the Corn Crake was heard in two different 

 localities in N. Uist about March 18th, 1882 ; Mr. Alex. Car- 

 michael, who is studying the Natural History of the Long Island, 

 himself heard one. Yery late occurrences of this species are 

 also on record in previous years, such as at Tyree on Nov. 24th, 

 1880, evidently wounded or disabled birds (W. Craibe Angus, 

 who exhibited the bird at a late meeting of the Glasg. Nat. Hist. 

 Soc.) ; and another, dating Dec. 17th, 1882, is recorded from 



