76 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY Aug. 1 4th. Argyll and Isles Skerryvore, Aug. zgth^oth, rush of small birds; Sept. 2nd-3rd, all day. Dhuheartach, May loth, several; i3th and i4th, several on rock; Sept. iyth, one rested on lantern. Clyde Beith, April 3oth. Lendalfoot, May ist. Earliest, April nth, Chirnside. RUTICILI.A PHCENICURUS (Redstart). Dee Aberdeen, May 5th, one. Rattray Head, May loth, $. Tay Comrie, April 28th, $. Forth -Longniddry, May ist. Isle of May, May nth (leg and wing sent). Tweed Broughton, Halmyre and Chirnside, May 4th. Argyll and Isles Skerryvore, at lantern with other Aug. 29th, in rush of birds ; Sept. 5th and 6th, small birds. Dhuheartach, May xyth, $ and $ on rock; Oct. nth, $ killed. Clyde Giffnock, April 23rd. Thankerton, April 29th. Beith, Sept. 2nd. Earliest, April 23rd, Giffnock; latest, Oct. nth, Dhuheartach. SYLVIA CINEREA (Whitethroat). Tay Fordoun, May 6th. Glenfarg, Sept. 2 ist. Forth Braids and Comiston, May 8th. Isle of May, May nth (wings received). Tweed Halmyre, May 5th. Clyde Lamlash L.H., May loth, killed at lantern (leg and wing received). Beith and Thornliebank, May yth. Thankerton, May yth, one. Solway Dumfries, May 1 3th, large numbers. Earliest, May 5th, Halmyre; latest, Sept. 2 ist, Glenfarg. SYLVIA ATRICAPILLA (Blackcap). Forth Kirknewton, April 22nd,
MOVEMENTS OF BIRDS IN SCOTLAND DURING 1899 77 PHYLLOSCOPUS RUFUS (Chiftchaff). Tweed Chirnside, April 5th, Oct. ist. Clyde Lendallbot, April 6th. Outer Hebrides Barra. Nov. iSth, two. PHYLLOSCOPUS TROCHILUS (Willow Wren). Tay Comrie, April 25th (singing). Methven Boy, Sept. 23rd. Forth Hermitage, Blackford Hill, April 2 ist. Isle of May, May nth (wings and legs sent). Tweed Halmyre, April 22nd, several; Sept. 1 4th, last seen. Broughton, April 23rd. Outer Hebrides Barra, March 151!!, one in garden. Clyde Beith, April 8th. Lendalfoot, April lyth. Lamlash L.H., Aug. 25th, two. Pollokshaws and Queen's Park, Glasgow, Sept. i2th. Solway Dumfries, April 1 6th, one. Earliest, March i5th, Barra; latest, Sept. 23rd, Methven Boy. PHYLLOSCOPUS SIBILATRIX (Wood Wren). Forth Braid Hermitage, May 5th, one singing. Tweed Chirnside, May 20th, Sept. ist. Clyde Beith, May i/ith. Earliest, May 5th, Braid. ACROCEPHALUS PHRAGMiTis (Sedge Warbler). loth. Braid Tay Fordoun, May Qth. Forth Comiston, May Burn, May icth. Isle of May, May isth (leg and wing). Tweed Halmyre, May 5th. CHirnside, May ist, not plentiful. Clyde Thornliebank, April 3oth. Earliest, April 3oth, Thornliebank. LOCUSTELLA N/EViA (Grasshopper Warbler). Clyde, Beith, April 3oth. MOTACILLIN.B (Wagtails). Shetland North Unst, Wagtails, April 23rd, one. Orkney North Ronaldshay, Wagtails, Sept. yth, nine, seldom seen. Pentland Skerries, Wagtails, May 5th, several. Sutherland Cape Wrath, Wagtails, April 2 ist, one ; May 2nd, three ; May i5th, two ; Sept. ist, one. Moray M. rail (Yellow Wagtail), July i ith, one in meadows at mouth of Beauly River ("Annals," 1900, p. 48). Dee Rattray Head, M. melanope (Gray Wagtail), Aug. 3oth, at lantern with other birds. Forth Musselburgh, M. lugubris (Pied Wagtail), Sept. i2th, in some numbers. Tweed Chirnside, M. alba (White Wagtail), May Whiteadder. Outer Hebrides 1 5th, Tweed. M. ran', May i5th, Island Ghlais, Wagtails, April yth, several. Argyll and Isles Tiree, Wagtail, March 2nd. M. alba, May 3rd, a few; May 5th, many;