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MOVEMENTS OF BIRDS IN SCOTLAND DURING 1899 79<br />
MUSCICAPA ATRICAPILLA (Pied Flycatcher).<br />
Dee Peterhead, early summer, two procured, others seen.<br />
Tay Fordoun, May 2ist. Forth Dunbar, May loth; May, second<br />
week of, unusually numerous about Dunbar ("Annals," 1899, p.<br />
181). Isle of May, May nth (leg<br />
and wing sent).<br />
Tweed Chirnside,<br />
May i5th. Whitecross, Coklingham, St. Abb's, and other<br />
places. Sohvay Dumfries, May 2ist, one.<br />
HIRUNDO RUSTICA (Swallow).<br />
Shetland North Unst, May i8th, one. Orkney North Ronaldshay,<br />
May yth, two. Noup Head, May 22nd, numbers. Pentland<br />
Skerries, May i6th, several, tired out. Sutherland Cape Wrath,<br />
May 1 4th, one. Dee Rattray Head, May yth, several. Tay<br />
Fordoun, March 28th. Tay field, April 2oth. Forth Buckstone<br />
Farm, April 2oth, one. Gogar House and Dalmeny, April 2ist.<br />
Musselburgh, Oct. roth. Tweed- - Broughton, March 3ist.<br />
Halmyre, April i6th, a pair; Oct. i6th, two flocks. Inrierleithen,<br />
Oct. 1 6th. Outer Hebrides Island Ghlais L.H., April ytb, one.<br />
Argyll and Isles Dhuheartach, May 25th, flying round tower.<br />
Skerry vore, Aug. iSth, flying about rock. Clyde Cambuslang,<br />
April i yth. Lamlash L.H., May 8th, numerous-. Thornliebank,<br />
Oct. yth. Sohvay Dumfries, April i4th, a few; April 26th, large<br />
flocks.<br />
Earliest, March 28th, Fordoun; latest, Oct. i6th, Halmyre<br />
and Innerleithen.<br />
CHELIDON URBICA (House Martin).<br />
Orkney North Ronaldshay, May 22nd (skin sent). Forth<br />
Aberlady, April 19111. Musselburgh, April 22nd, Oct. 4th.<br />
Tweed Chirnside, May ist, not numerous; Oct. ist.<br />
Halmyre,<br />
May 5th, plentiful; Oct. i2th, a small flock. Argyll and Isles<br />
Dhuheartach, June ist, flying about rock. Clyde Thornliebank,<br />
April 23rd. Lendalfoot, April 24th. Thankerton, Sept. 28th,<br />
many, last of season.<br />
Earliest, April igth, Aberlady; latest, Oct. i2th, Halmyre.<br />
COTILE RIPARIA (Sand Martin).<br />
Dee Aberdeen, Sept. 25111, last. Tay Fordoun, May 3rd.<br />
Forth Dalmeny, April 3rd. Loch Leven, April yth. Tweed<br />
Chirnside, April 4th, Sept. ist.<br />
Halmyre, April yth. Clyde<br />
Dalbeth, April gth. Lamlash L.H., May yth, one; 8th, many.<br />
Earliest, April 3rd, Dalmeny; latest, Sept. 25th, Aberdeen.
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