Fringillidæ.--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 22d at Lochindaul, and small
flock at Little Ross on 19th. Linnets and Grey Linnets, 2d, 6th, and
13th September, at Butt of Lewis (probably 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 5th, 6th, and 8th at
Dhuheartach, and on 20th at Turnberry), twenty (on 8th at Rhinns 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.
Emberizidæ.--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 Skerryvore 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 Skerryvore, and one at Lochindaul on the 1st. The Corn
Bunting is not looked upon by us as more than very locally migratory.
Alaudidæ.--Larks.--Of Larks there has been an enormous movement. Absent
entirely in April, June, July, and August; scarcely any in May (only
two entries on 4th and 9th at Turnberry, with light or strong N.E.
breeze).
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