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galbuld] : Mr. Hugh S. Gladstone reports that an adult <$ 

 was caught at Penton Lynns, Dumfriesshire, on the 3Oth 

 April ; a young c? was observed in a garden in Renfrew- 

 shire during the first half of May; on loth May one was 

 found dead at Port-Glasgow ; and a bird, seen at Fair Isle 

 on the 26th May, " about the size of a Fieldfare and all over 

 yellow colour," was undoubtedly O. galbula. 



On 1 4th September a young Red-backed Shrike (Lanius 

 collnrio] was found lying dead at the base of the lighthouse 

 tower on the Flannan Islands. This is a very interesting 

 occurrence, being the first record of this species for the Outer 

 Hebrides. 



The only record of the Red- breasted Flycatcher (Musci- 

 capa parvd] is a young $ from the Isle of May on the 25th 

 September ; this is the first authenticated occurrence of this 

 bird in the Forth area. 



A Hawfinch (Coccothraustes vulgaris} occurred on the 

 Fair Isle, the second on record for the island ; while on 

 1 8th May a specimen of the White - throated Sparrow 

 (Zonotrichia albicollis) was shot on Eilean Mor, Flannan 

 Islands. This American species has not been previously 

 recorded from the West of Scotland. A Scarlet Grosbeak 

 (Carpodacus erythinus} ? was obtained on the Isle of May 

 on 1 3th September. Among the extraordinary number of 

 Crossbills which visited Britain in the summer of 1909 

 were two Two - Barred Crossbills (Loxia bifasciata), both 

 adult males, one from Fair Isle, the other from the 

 Flannans ; the latter is the first record of the occurrence of 

 this bird for the Outer Hebrides. 



The Buntings occupy a large place among the un- 

 common visitors this year, the Ortolan Bunting (Emberiza 

 hortuland) occurred on Fair Isle both in spring and autumn, 

 and a Rustic Bunting (Emberiza rusticd] $ was obtained on 

 the same island ; this is the third record for Scotland. The 

 Little Bunting (Emberiza pusilla) also occurred on Fair Isle, 

 and two birds of this species are recorded from the Isle of 

 May on the 25th and 26th September, this being the first 

 record of this north-eastern species in the Forth area. We 

 have only one spring report of the Lapland Bunting (Cal- 

 carius lapponicus), namely, from Fair Isle ; an adult male 



