2 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



B. borealis . . 44 bulls, averaging 43.25 feet. 



Do. 12 cows, 43 



Megaptera . 4 bulls, ,, 42 ,, 



Do. i cow, 41 



B. biscayensis . . 9 bulls, ,, 44 ,, 



Do. 13 cows, 45.8 ,, 



P. macrocephalus . 7 bulls, ,, 47-2 ,, 



The B. sibbaldii included some enormous ones bulls 

 of 85, 85, and 82 feet long, and a cow of 81 feet. 



The largest Sperm Whale was 49 feet. 



The B. musculus had bulls 76, 74, 74, 72 feet, and 

 cows 71, 70, 70, 70 feet. 



The two largest biscayensis were of 5 i feet each. 



In one of the Sperm Whales there was a small quantity 

 of ambergris, which sold for over ^200. 



The Shetland stations are unwilling to give information, 

 partly on account of the trouble it causes, and partly on 

 account of the annoyance they have had from those who 

 have tried to get up agitation against them on behalf of 

 the herring fishers by distorting facts or inventing libels. 



I did not hear of anything of great interest being 

 brought ashore in Shetland except three Megaptera at Olna 

 station. The other three stations only got B. mnsculus and 

 B. borealis. 



Whales do not seem to be decreasing in numbers, but 

 are said to be shyer and not so easily approached. The 

 cold and stormy season was against whaling and all other 

 fishing. 



ON THE OCCURRENCE OF THE EASTERN 

 PIED CHAT (SAXICOLA PLESCHANKA) IN 

 SCOTLAND A NEW BRITISH BIRD. 



By EVELYN V. BAXTER and LEONORA JEFFREY RINTOUL. 



PLATE I. 



ON October I9th, 1909, we were engaged in migration work 

 on the Isle of May, and on that particular day we were 

 rather inclined to be in a desponding frame of mind, as the 

 wind which had been light off the East for one day before, 



