EAST COAST OF SCOTLAND. 17 



along with Eobins, Eedstarts, &c, with S.E., or light S.W., of 

 Eing Ouzels. Light records in March ; on 9th and 10th twenty 

 Fieldfares — "a good number" — with light N.E., clear, and 

 N.N.E. and rain. 



In autumn the migration was pronounced, and whilst 



desultory movements continued during September and October, 



the heaviest rushes are recorded in the middle of November. 



Eecords of Dippers, one on Aug. 2nd and another (well described) 



on Aug. 29th, at I. of May ; wind light W., clear. The place 



where they were observed was afterwards pointed out to me — 



viz., at the edge of a stagnant pool of water near the " Mill Door " 



on the I. of May. Earliest record of Fieldfare, Sept. 10th, at 



I. of May, light S., haze; latest of same species, on Dec. 31st, 



and Jan. 19th, 1885, also at I. of May; variable, haze. Earliest 



record of Common Thrush, also at I. of May, the day after, 



viz. Sept. 11th, light S., haze ; and latest, at I. of May also, on 



Dec. 22nd, when "a few" were noticed. Earliest Missel Thrush 



on Sept. 27th (seen by J. A. H. B.), also at I. of May, with gale, 



W.S.W., and latest Oct. 14th ; but others, no doubt, have escaped 



special records, and have been confused with other species. 



Earliest Eedwings do not appear in the schedules till Oct. 2nd, 



also at I. of May (J. A. H. B.) ; on 7th a few more, followed by 



scattered records till Nov. 12th, when old and young struck in 



numbers at Bell Eock, and the rush of this and of Fieldfares 



took place on the 4th and 5th of November, continuing till the 



17th, with Blackbirds, male and female, and intermittently until 



December. Earliest Blackbirds Sept. 11th, — " not many," — at 



Isle of May. 



Eush of Thrushes, Nov. 7th (light) at Pentland Skerries, and 

 Nov. 30th, at I. of May (considerable). Eush of Fieldfares and 

 Eedwings (indicated) at N. Unst, on Nov. 5th, with a few Black- 

 birds, — all flying S., — indicated at Pentland Skerries, 5th, 7th, 

 to 12th, with Blackbirds and a few Thrushes and Woodcocks, on 

 12th. At Dunnet Head a few Blackbirds and Thrushes seen 

 daily between Oct. 1st and Nov. 13th. Eush of Eing Ouzels 

 ("great numbers") at Bell Eock; and rush of Fieldfares and 

 Eedwings at I. of May on 4th and 5th. At N. Bonaldshay also 

 a rush visible on the 8th, with Woodcock, Crows and Eooks; 

 Nov. 7th and 8th, wind E.S.E., a great rush. All during October 

 the above-named Turdida appeared in small numbers, the wind 



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