ii6 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



The Greater Wheatear in Clyde. Whilst taking a walk near 

 Carmunnock on i oth May of last year, on the look out for migratory 

 birds, I noticed a number of Wheatears which looked larger than 

 the usual variety, and obtained one for the purpose of identification. 

 This I sent to the Royal Scottish Museum, where upon examination 

 it turned out to be ,5". leucorrhoa, a male, with a wing measurement 

 of 101 mm. This is, I believe, the first record for the occurrence 

 of this large northern race in the Clyde valley. It is noticeable 

 that Wheatears, though plentiful in the locality on the spring 

 migration are singularly scarce on the journey south in the fall of 

 the year. HARRY DUNCAN, Glasgow. 



[Supposed Occurrence of the Grasshopper Warbler (Locustella 

 ncevia) in "Dee."- On the evening of 2oth May 1910, while 

 making our way homeward beside the river Dee, a few miles from 

 Aberdeen, we were surprised by hearing a loud " reeling " bird-song, 

 proceeding from a conifer plantation with much undergrowth among 

 the young trees. We listened to the song for a few minutes (it was 

 about 9 P.M.), and although neither of us had previous acquaintance 

 with the Grasshopper Warbler, we at once recognised the well- 

 known song from descriptions, and we record the occurrence for 

 what it is worth. L. N. G. RAMSAY, A. G. DAVIDSON, Aberdeen.] 



Continental form of Willow Warbler and Gt. Spotted Wood- 

 pecker on the Isle of May. In May 1909 a Willow Warbler was 

 sent off to us which had struck the lantern on the Isle of May and so 

 killed itself. It proves to belong to the Eastern race, Phylloscopus 

 trochihts eversmanni, which, according to Dr. Hartert breeds in 

 Northern Russia and Siberia. 



The Great Spotted Woodpecker recorded by us in the "Annals 

 of Scottish Natural History," 1910, p. 5, as occurring on the Isle of 

 May on the i6th of September 1909, is of the continental form, 

 Dendrocopus major major. We are indebted to Dr. C. B. Ticehurst 

 for determining these racial forms for us. LEONORA JEFFREY 

 RINTOUL and EVELYN V. BAXTER. 



Great Spotted Woodpecker in Solway Area. Mr. Archd. 

 Goldie-Scot writes me that last spring he saw a Great Spotted Wood- 

 pecker near Craigmuie in Balmaclellan parish, Kirkcudbrightshire. 

 In Dumfriesshire, besides those already recorded as nesting in 1910 

 ('Birds of Dumfriesshire," p. 160) I heard of one being seen near 

 Carnsalloch (Kirkmahoe) in November 1910, and I myself saw one 

 in Auchangibbet wood (Tynron) on 2 oth December 1910, not 100 

 yards from its nesting site of the preceding spring. HUGH S. 

 GLADSTONE, Thornhill, Dumfriesshire. 



Short-eared Owls at Tiree. During the early part of February 

 1911, when the sportsmen were here shooting Snipe and Wild-fowl, 

 many Short-eared Owls (Asio accipitrimis) were seen. These, I 



