144 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



of May about a dozen nests of Grey-lag Geese, all with young 

 hatched, were found in Lewis. There were numerous nests 

 of the Common Tern at Forvie, on 28th May, with 1-3 eggs. 



.From 3Oth May to 3rd June two pairs of Blackcaps 

 were seen in Orkney, " and one pair on the island of Shapinsay 

 undoubtedly had a nest." A pair of Whitethroats were also 

 seen, and from their behaviour were believed to be nesting 

 (3.iv.22o). The Blackcap has been recorded before as 

 breeding in Orkney. On ist June two Golden Eaglets 

 were taken from an eyrie near Loch Awe. 



A pair of Tree-sparrows nested on the Isle of May, and 

 on 2nd June many Arctic Terns were found breeding on 

 Vatersay, where Hoodies, Rock-doves, and Starlings were 

 nesting in the cliffs. A Bullfinch at Eccles, Berwickshire, 



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built its nest in the interior of a well, the only entrance being 

 by the inlet provided for the handle, the bird seemed quite 

 at home and had laid 6 eggs (" Scotsman "). 



On the Shiant Islands (Minch), on the 8th, several pairs of 

 Fulmars flew up again and again to the ledges on the cliff, 

 but it could not be ascertained if they were nesting. On 

 the 1 4th a Gadwall's nest was found in Forth (1.1910.249). 

 On the 1 8th a hen Snow-bunting had begun to build in 

 Aberdeenshire ; two days later the nest was finished and 

 contained one egg, four more being laid later (1.1911.115). 

 A newly-fledged young Hawfinch was found in a shrubbery 

 near Haddington on the 28th, while a Hawfinch's nest was 

 found in Lauderdale (1.1911.53). 



A late nest of a Lapwing was found at Kirkliston on 3rd 

 July ; it contained 2 eggs, and the bird was sitting. On 5th 

 and 6th July White Wagtails were seen on Fair Isle, evidently 

 breeding there again (" Ibis/'igi i.i), and in East Ross two 

 parties of young Merganser of forty or fifty each were seen, 

 " each party was in charge of one female only, who led, the 

 young ones struggling after in a long line." A Willow 

 Warbler's nest was found on the i6th, built among ivy on a 

 wall 3 ft. 6 in. from the ground (1.1910.246), and on the I9th 

 Arctic Terns, Greater and Lesser Black-backed Gulls, Herring 

 Gulls, Kittiwakes, Shags, Guillemots, Razorbills, Puffins, 

 Fulmars, and Storm Petrels are recorded as nesting on North 

 Rona (1.1910.212-213). 



