Volume 9 - Electric Scotland

MOVEMENTS OF BIRDS IN SCOTLAND DURING 1899 75
and Larks. Argyll and Isles Skerryvore, March i2th,
a rush with
other birds, several killed; April 2nd and 3rd, strong rush of birds,
striking hard ;
Nov. 26th, at lantern ;
Dec. 22nd, rush with Thrushes,
etc., several killed. Dhuheartach, Oct. 23rd-25th, rush, great
numbers of Turdidre ;
Nov. yth, flocks, with many other birds;
Dec. 6th, great numbers. Tiree, Oct. 3oth.
TURDUS TORQUATUS (Ring Ousel).
Dee Peterhead, April igth, a c?, "rare here." Aberdeen,
Oct. 23rd, one shot, "rare here." Tay Balnagard, Sept. i2th.
Forth Clubby Dean, March 3oth, one. Musselburgh, April 26th,
?. Isle of May, Nov. 2 2nd, one. Clyde Greenock, April 3rd.
Lendalfoot, April 4th.
Earliest observed, Clubby Dean, March 3oth.
SAXICOLA CENANTHE (Wheatear).
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Shetland North Unst, May ist, one. Orkney North Ronaldshay,
April 1 6th, many ; Aug. 3oth, all night at lantern, many killed.
Noup Head, April ist, two; July 3ist, three on lantern. Pentland
Skerries, May 6th, one. Sutherland Cape Wrath, April 23rd, two ;
Aug. 4th, many young birds. Dee Rattray Head, a $ at lantern ;
Sept. 4th, many with other birds. Aberdeen, April 3rd, six. Forth
Isle of May, April 2nd, about two dozen. Comiston, April 4th,
21 in field. Dalmeny, Oct. 7th. Tweed Halmyre, April 6th.
Chirnside, March 3oth, Sept. ist. Outer Hebrides Island Ghlais
L.H., April 5th, two; Aug. 3oth, many at light. Argyll and Isles
Skerryvore, March 27th, first; April 2nd-3rd, rush; 6th and 7th,
with Redwings and Fieldfares (leg
and wings sent); i4th-i5th,
many at lantern; May roth and i5th, killed at lantern ; Aug. 29th-
3oth, with rush of small birds Whinchats, Redstarts, etc. ; Sept.
2nd-3rd, many striking; i3th, at light. Dhuheartach, April 8th,
midnight, at lantern; 23rd and 3oth, at light; May loth, killed at
light; I3th-i5th, several flying about; Sept. 2nd and 3rd, at light
with Pipits and Wagtails; I2th-i3th, several; Oct. icth, two
killed. Tiree, April 7th, several. Clyde Lamlash L.H., April i5th,
two; 1 6th, numerous. Lendalfoot, March iSth. So/wav -Dumfries,
March 24th, one.
Earliest, March iSth, Lendalfoot; latest, Oct. loth, Dhuheartach.
Principal movements, April 2nd-3rd, Aug. 3oth, Sept. 2iid-3rd.
PRATINCOLA RUBETRA (Whinchat).
Orkney Noup Head, April i4th, one. Dee Aberdeen, May
nth, two. Tay Fordoun, May yth. Ballinluig, Sept. i7th.
Forth Comiston, May 4th. Isle of May, May iith (leg and wing
sent). Tiveed Broughton, May 2nd. Chirnside, April nth,