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was laid aside, and when taken up on the Monday the dead bird was 

 crawling with ' macks ' (i.e. maggots). It was cleaned out and 

 preservative applied, and the skin is in fairly good order. I am 

 hopeful," Mr. Wells-Mabon adds, " that I may be able to obtain it and 

 bring it with me to Dunipace when I go."- -J. A. HARVIE-BROWN. 



Great Sp. Woodpecker in Forth. This bird continues to visit 

 this part of central Scotland, and this season has been heard 

 several times " tapping " in our woods at Uunipace ; though the 

 nesting-place has not been found not, indeed, fully searched for. 

 As it had not, however, been heard since this time last year, it may 

 only be a migrant. J. A. HARVIE-BROWN. 



Nesting- of the Gadwall and the Wigeon in " Forth." 



Two years ago I recorded in the "Annals" (1908, p. 254) 

 that I had observed two pairs of Gadwall (Anas streperd] evidently 

 breeding at a loch in this district. I have now proved that they do 

 breed there, having this year found the nest of one pair containing 

 ten eggs on 1481 June. It was, I understand, at the same loch that 

 the two nests reported in the " Annals " last year, by Misses Rintoul 

 and Baxter, were found. There were also at least half a dozen pairs 

 of Wigeon (Mareca penelope] breeding on the loch this year, and I 

 had the pleasure of seeing three of their nests i3th May, nine eggs ; 

 2ist May, nine eggs; and i2th June, eight eggs. In May 1904 I 

 observed a pair of Wigeon on a loch in Midlothian, where they were 

 evidently nesting. WILLIAM EVANS, Edinburgh. 



Spotted Redshank in " Dee." While scanning the tidal mud- 

 banks at Donmouth, near Aberdeen, for " waders," on the 3oth 

 August last, my attention was attracted by a peculiar call, a loud 

 " tyui," and a bird like a Redshank flew round and alighted at the 

 mouth of the Tile Burn. Turning the glass on it I found that it 

 was a Spotted Redshank ( Totanus fuscus). The call-note, which 

 was repeated frequently, the absence of white in the wings during 

 flight, and the lighter grey appearance, distinguished it at a glance 

 from the Common Redshank, while the larger size, very long legs, 

 white lower back, and the white mark on each side of the forehead 

 very striking in a front view were also noticeable. From the 

 absence of any brown tinge in the plumage (except in a patch on 

 the sides of the neck), and the orange-red feet, the bird was 

 probably an adult. It seemed restless, and finally rose and 

 disappeared in the distance to the south. 



The Spotted Redshank has already occurred once in " Dee," a 

 female having been shot in the Ythan Estuary on i3th September, 

 1902 (G. Sim). L. N. G. RAMSAY, Aberdeen. 



Sea-Bream in the Solway. This is a species so seldom met 

 with in the Firth that an exact record may be of use. On 2oth June 

 I had a very fine specimen of the Sea-Bream (Page/Ins centrodontus) 



