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Skerry vore, Dhuheartach, Lismore, Corse wall, and Loch Kyan. 

 Seen first on April 12th at Corsewall, and April 15th at Loch 

 Eyan, where fifteen Swallows arrived with light N. wind and 

 sleet. Latest records on June 15th at Lismore, and 9th at 

 Skerryvore; not seen at Dhuheartach till May 14th. Other 

 records at Lismore on 10th, a flock, and 13th, another flock. 

 In autumn, one Swallow rested on window of lighthouse at 

 Dhuheartach, on Aug. 11th, and a final movement was observed 

 in September about the 14th and 15th, at Loch Kyan and 

 Mull of Galloway, besides a few other records at earlier dates. 

 Land Notes. — Swallow first seen at Douglas Hall, Dumfriesshire 

 on 7th. Mr. Howard Saunders, residing at St. Jean de Luz, in 

 the Basses Pyrenees, saw the first Swallow on March 25th, along 

 with many Wheatears and Kedstarts. Woodcocks had passed 

 but in small numbers, and only two were seen in the market. 



Feingillid^. — Tree Sparrows seen at Butt of Lewis on Feb. 

 20th, when four struck and two were killed ; strong E. wind and 

 haze. Again six were seen at same place and two killed on 

 March 20th ; and again six at the same place and one killed, on 

 April 8th. House Sparrows are recorded on May 27th, at 

 Skerryvore, flying about ; and at MacArthur's Head — a number 

 all day — on May 8th. House Sparrows were also seen at Butt 

 of Lewis on Feb. 25th, with strong S.W. breeze, haze, and rain. 

 In autumn, House Sparrows, a large flock at Lismore on Oct. 

 24th; "Finches" on Oct. 10th, at Sound of Mull; Linnets, a 

 rush about 7th and 11th at Lismore, with a few earlier records ; 

 and on Dec. 29th, at Monach, where all left on the 20th. Some 

 of these records probably apply to Grey Linnets, and the Monach 

 one likely to Twites or " Mountain Linnets." Four, possibly five, 

 species. Land Notes. — Four Siskins seen on sandhills on Solway 

 Firth, on a patch of thistles ; gone next morning, Oct. 17th 

 (J. J. Armistead.) Mr. Scot Skriving, of Edinburgh, mentions, 

 in lit., that the Chaffinch, was the most common of small birds 

 in Islay prior to the terrible winter of 1878, but after that very rare 

 indeed, until on Oct 22nd, 1880, a flock of some thousands ap- 

 peared, and since then they have again been fairly abundant. 



Emberizid^. — Two Snow Buntings were seen at Butt of 

 Lewis on March 21st. Autumn records : Snow Bunting Oct. 

 15th at Kyleakin, to Dec. 12th at Butt of Lewis. No rush apparent 

 and records scanty ; three or four in all in October and November. 



