. Studies in bird migration . Pipits and Wheat-ears, and again on the nth, when it appeared alongwith the same species at , at which hour severalcame to the lantern. The numbers dwindled after the13th, but a few were present down to the 23rd, as istestified to by specimens received after our departure. [Grey-headed Wagtail, Motacilla thunbergi.—Abird, believed to be of this species, appeared on themorning of 20th September, and for two days bafHed allour attempts to solve its identity with certainty. It wasshy, wary, and restless in the extreme, and never allowedus to get a good view
. Studies in bird migration . Pipits and Wheat-ears, and again on the nth, when it appeared alongwith the same species at , at which hour severalcame to the lantern. The numbers dwindled after the13th, but a few were present down to the 23rd, as istestified to by specimens received after our departure. [Grey-headed Wagtail, Motacilla thunbergi.—Abird, believed to be of this species, appeared on themorning of 20th September, and for two days bafHed allour attempts to solve its identity with certainty. It wasshy, wary, and restless in the extreme, and never allowedus to get a good view of it through our binoculars.] Meadow-Pipit, Anthus pratensis.—This species wasabundant during the whole period covered by our visit;and there were considerable arrivals on 8th September,with White Wagtails and Wheatears ; on the loth, to 10 ; and again on the nth, with Wheatearsand White Wagtails. Rock - Pipit, Anthus obscurus. — Resident andextremely abundant. It was marvellously tame, being PLATE {Photo: C. Dick ISLANDS: THE SOUTH LANDING-PLACE. Vol. n.\ {To JOAX p. 266. THE FLANNAN ISLES 257 almost indifferent to onfes presence, and came freely intothe house. Some examples were much larger thanothers, and it is probable that all were not natives ofthe island. Garden-Warbler, Sylvia borin.—One was observedsearching for flies on the face of a crevasse on the northcliff on 16th September, and remained until the i8th,perhaps longer. Wheatear, Saxicola osnantke.—Was very abundanton passage southwards during the whole of our were considerable arrivals on the night of 8thSeptember, along with Pipits and White Wagtails ; andagain along with the same species at on thenth, when it was observed at the lantern, and was inswarms all over the island during the day. There wasanother arrival on the 17 th, when it appeared at thelantern from 11 onwards. All the birds observedwere, with one exception, in the russet plu
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