12 REPORT ON THE MIGRATION OF BIRDS. 



Diary from the Stations. 



N. Unst. — Mr. James Edgar — formerly at Butt of Lewis — 

 has sent useful schedules embracing from Feb. 15th to 21st Sep. 

 and to Nov. 28th. " We have plenty of Havens and Hooded 

 Crows all the year, therefore I only notice uncommon flocks." 

 " One pair of Hoodies, which has been about the rock for years, 

 attends regularly at dinner time (1 p.m.) to eat up scraps. 

 Their right is sometimes disputed by a half-tame Sea Gull. I 

 had a good opportunity of examining ' Jenny Wren ' this 

 season. She remained for a fortnight." — In lit. 



Sumburgh Head. — The old natives say they never before have 

 seen such vast numbers of Gulls as during this year, around 

 this station all the season onward from 8th March, 1884.* 



N. Ronaldshay. — Mr. John Tulloch sent one schedule 

 embracing the whole season from July 5th to Sept. 21st. I did 

 not receive this till the first week in March. In future I would 

 always like to have schedules returned immediately after last 

 day of January, or as soon as possible after that date, as it is more 

 difficult to work in stray schedules after the Report is written out. 



Pentland Skerries. — Mr. J. Gilmour was called away from 

 August 13th till Sept. 1st on a Board of Trade inquiry. 

 During that interval a Solan Goose struck the Lantern Dome, 

 and was found, but not killed (" this is very unusual "). A few 

 Wheatears and one Goldcrest were seen also, during this interval. 

 Gulls (a pair) bred on the island — a very unusual circumstance. 



Easterly and southerly winds prevailed from March 10th to- 

 April 12th, with occasional S.W., varying to N. ; 12th to 19th, 

 N.E., fresh ; 19th to May 4th, again S.E. and E., and N. on 

 latter date, and so on till August with very slight variations, or 

 light, variable. 



In autumn, winds continued to prevail easterly, till about the 

 20th Sept., when they changed to westerly and northerly, and 

 this appeared to be characteristic along the whole E. coast, 



- ;: Mr. D. M. Scott has removed to Lamlash, Arran, since the date of his 

 last schedule, Sept. 15th, 1884, and is succeeded by Mr. Youngclause from 

 Monach Islands. Mr. Youngclause sends a light schedule from Sept. 19th 

 to Nov. 16th, of interest in showing the northerly extension of the migration 

 of Linnets and Turdida; (see General Remarks under Gulls). 



