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PODICIPES CRISTATUS (Great Crested Grebe). Three or four at St. 

 Andrews on the 25th January, one on Duddingston Loch on 

 1 4th March, the first seen there in six years. Single birds in 

 the sea at St. Andrews on 2nd November and at Craignish 

 (Argyll) on the 8th. 



P. AURITUS (Sclavonian Grebe). In 1908 a pair tried to breed on 

 an Inverness-shire loch, but one parent was shot; in 1909 one 

 or two pairs appeared on the same loch, but their nests were 

 robbed by a private collector ("Brit. Birds," vol. iii. p. 380). 

 One at Fair Isle on 9th September and 6th October ; it stayed 

 below water about half a minute when diving. 



P. NIGRICOLLIS (Eared Grebe). One is reported as having been 

 seen on Bishop's Loch near Glasgow in 1909 (" Glas. Nat." 

 vol. ii. p. 58). 



P. FLUVIATILIS (Little Grebe). Single birds were killed at the 

 lantern at Tarbatness and the Isle of May on 22nd March. 



PROCELLARIA PELAGICA (Storm Petrel). Several at Sule Skerry on 

 1 8th June in holes and under stones. One at the Bass Rock 

 found at 2 A.M. on iith December lying exhausted on the 

 pathway round the lantern. 



OCEANODROMA LEUCORRHOA (Fork -tailed Petrel). - -Two were 

 killed at the lantern at Sule Skerry on 26th August and one 

 was driven ashore by the rollers in a dying condition at Mull 

 on gth November. 



PUFFINUS ANGLORUM (Manx Shearwater). Two seen in the Firth 

 of Forth on loth June and about twenty on 5th August. 

 Single birds were killed at the lantern on the Isle of May on 

 1 5th and iyth August. 



FULMARUS GLACIALIS (Fulmar). Arrived in the geos on Fair Isle 

 on 23rd January. One was killed at the lantern at Sule Skerry 

 on 2nd February. One found dead on shore at Kingsbarns, 

 Fife, on 4th July ("Glas. Nat." i. p. 145). 



[The Editors desire to express to Mr. John Paterson their 

 indebtedness for, and high appreciation of, the series of 

 excellent Reports on Scottish Ornithology which he was 

 good enough to prepare for the " Annals." The Editors 

 know from experience the labour involved in their prepara- 

 tion, which is infinitely greater than would be supposed by 

 those who have not been engaged on such work. EDS.] 



