206 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



Groningen (N.E. Holland) on 3rd September ("Brit. Birds," 

 vol. iii. p. 220). Reappeared on Linlithgow Loch on 26th 

 August, and first seen on the Cromarty Firth two days later ; 

 about a hundred there by 4th September. 



FULIGULA FERINA (Pochard). Last seen at Kirkliston on 26th 

 April. Returned to Kirkliston on 26th August. 



HARELDA GLACIALIS (Long-tailed Duck). A good many at 

 Balcomie (E. Fife) on 22nd April, two at Fair Isle on ist 

 May. In autumn one is reported as seen in East Ross on 

 26th September, six off Fair Isle on i4th October; when 

 diving they remained under water sixty-six and sixty-seven 

 seconds. An adult male at the Isle of May on the i5th, and 

 an adult male was shot inland near Gretna (Dumfriesshire) on 

 2nd November ("A.S.N.H.," 1910, p. 119). 



COLUMBA CENAS (Stock-Dove). Laying at Kirkliston on i5th April, 

 hatched about the 23rd in East Fife. About 30 pairs were 

 nesting in ivy-covered cliffs at Shiskin (Arran). Unusual 

 numbers in Largo Bay on gth August; and, 2ist, "parties 

 everywhere." 



TURTUR COMMUNIS (Turtle-Dove). A good many are reported, 

 single birds being recorded from Kelso on i5th May, Fair 

 Isle on 2oth and 2yth May, Syre (Sutherland) on ist July, 

 Fair Isle on the yth, Dunrossness (Shetland) and the Flannans 

 on loth September. 



TETRAO TETRIX (Black Grouse). A hybrid between a Blackcock 

 and a Capercaillie hen was shot in Kincardineshire on i5th 

 December ("A.S.N.H.," 1910, p. 120). 



COTURNIX COMMUNIS (Quail). Heard in E. Fife at five places near 

 Crail from 2nd to 4th July. Several pairs bred in East 

 Lothian; heard calling there in June and loth July to 23rd 

 August. 



CREX PRATENSIS (Corn-Crake). Is first recorded from Beith in the 

 West of Scotland on iSth April, and not till the 27th from the 

 East Coast, when one was observed on the Isle of May ; at 

 Fair Isle on the 4th May. On the return journey one was killed 

 at the Mull of Galloway Lighthouse on 3 ist August, and the 

 last record for the year comes from Fair Isle on i8th October. 



PORZANA PARVA (Little Crake). One was caught in a fishing-boat 

 in Girvan Harbour on 29th March, the first record for Clyde 

 ("A.S.N.H," 1909, p. 185). 



RALLUS AQUATICUS (Water-Rail). Single birds are recorded from 

 Fair Isle, 6th February, and as killed at the lantern, Tarbatness, 

 on 22nd March, and at the Mull of Galloway that night and the 

 next. By a small loch near the Butt of Lewis on i8th April, 



