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(Fife), this being the first record for " Tay," and others of this 

 race were caught near Kirkcaldy. On 1 8th December two 

 males were seen at Lerwick. 



The only record of the Scarlet Grosbeak (Carpodacus 

 erythina) comes from the Isle of May, a young male in green 

 plumage being procured there on the 7th September 

 (1.1911.4). The second record of the Two-barred Crossbill 

 (Loxia leucoptera bifasciata) for the Outer Hebrides comes 

 from the Flannans, one having been procured there on the 

 1 4th of August. 



There are several spring records of the Ortolan Bunting 

 (Emberiza hortulana} on Fair Isle ; one was seen there in 

 autumn, while one was seen on the Isle of May on 

 2oth September, and three on i6th October (1.1911.4). 

 A young female Lapland Bunting (Calcarius lapponicd) was 

 secured there on 5th October ; it had been seen on the island 

 the previous day and is the first authenticated record of this 

 species for the Forth area (1.1911.5). Two were seen at 

 Baltasound (N. Unst) on 3Oth October. A Wood-lark 

 (Lullula arborea) arrived on the Isle of May on 1 6th October, 

 and is an addition to the Forth fauna (i.i 91 1.5). Single 

 birds are twice reported late in autumn on Fair Isle, and 

 from the same station comes the only record of a Shore-lark 

 (Eremophila alpestris}. 



At Auchanbrac, seven miles north of Thornhill, 

 Dumfriesshire, a Roller (Coracias garrulus] was procured on 

 23rd June, after having been seen there for three or four days. 

 It proved to be a female, but not in breeding condition ; the 

 stomach contained the remains of flies and beetles' wings 

 ("Birds of Dumfriesshire," p. 166). Quite a number of 

 Hoopoes (Upupa cpops] are recorded this year. One 

 frequented Fair Isle for two consecutive days in spring, 

 while in autumn this species is reported from Baltasound 

 (N. Unst) on 1 2th, I9th, and 24th September, and from 

 Kingsdale House (Fife) and the Isle of May (1.1911.5) 

 simultaneously on 1st October ; in the two last cases the 

 birds stayed a day or two. A male was caught at 

 Pitlochry on I9th October ("Scotsman"), and single birds 

 are again reported from Fair Isle. One of the Hoopoes 

 which was procured had its crop full of the larvae of the 



