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" large flock " on 14th. Flocks all day on 4th September at 

 Mull of Galloway, and other notices. 



FjRiNGiLLiDiE. — Finches, Linnets, Redpoles, Siskins, Sparrows, 

 Tree Sparrows, Brambling or Mountain Finches, Chaffinches. 

 Bullfinches. — In February one Bullfinch at Kyleakin ; snow 

 on island. One Cock Sparrow at Dhuheartach on 27th May ; 

 light E., clear ; on rocks. One Linnet, same place, June 26th. 



In August flocks flying about all day on 2 2d at Lochindaul, 

 and small flock at Little Eoss on 19th. Linnets and Grey 

 Linnets, 2d, 6th, and 13th September, at Butt of Lewis (pro- 

 bably Twites or Mountain Linnets), Rona, Skye, and Little 

 Boss. In October slight rushes between 7th, 8th, 9th, of 

 Linnets. One male Chaffinch at Rhinns of Islay. One Siskin 

 at Butt of Lewis on 29th. Hundreds again in November at 

 Kyleakin, and forty to fifty on 14th and 21st at same place; 

 sixty on 19th December; Grey Linnets at Lochindaul. 

 Occurrences date in October from 4th to 28th in numbers 

 ranging from one to ten (on oth, 6th, and 8th at Dhuheartach, 

 and on 20th at Turnberry), twenty (on 8th at Bhinns of Islay), 

 and eleven to forty (on 28th at Turnberry). Direction of 

 winds, S. and E. and S.E. throughout. No more records except 

 one bird at Little Ross on 19th November. 



Emberizid^e. — Buntings, Snow Buntings. — Almost all the 

 returns relate to Snow Buntings. On the 15th and 17th May 

 a single bird was found on the island at Rhinns of Islay, and 

 one reporter adds the remark, " very late to be seen here." 

 Wind variable, strong. 



In Autumn there was a " rush " of Snow Buntings past 

 Skerry vore at or about midnight of the 27th September; wind 

 strong W., haze and rain. No notice of this rush is taken at 

 Dhuheartach or elsewhere. In October only two single records, 

 on 14th at Dhuheartach, and 18th at Rhinns of Islay; and in 

 November light records only at Butt of Lewis, Dhuheartach, 

 between the 15th and 25th (twenty on the latter date). In 

 December, thirty Snow Buntings on 14th at Rhinns of Islay 

 " all day." Not one return from any station south of Clyde. 

 Of Common Bunting or Corn Bunting we have one record in 

 April at Lochindaul, one on 4th October at Skerry vore, and 

 one at Lochindaul on the 1st. The Corn Bunting is not looked 

 upon by us as more than very locally migratory. 



