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and Baxter, but it may interest your readers to know that the first 

 identified Wigeon's nest was found by myself and Mr. David 

 Hamilton on the 8th June 1907. J. KIRKE NASH, Edinburgh. 



[The fact that the Wigeon bred in the Forth area, at Loch Leven, 

 was first made known to us in 1901 by Mr. J. G. Millais in his 

 " Wildfowler in Scotland." Here, at p. 40, he tells that he had 

 the first reliable information of its breeding in 1880. EDS.] 



White Grouse near Alyth. I am informed by my friend, Mr. 

 H. S. Holt, that a white Grouse (Lagopus scoticus) was shot on i3th 

 August 1910 at Bamff, Alyth, by the Hon. D. O'Brien. It was sent to 

 Messrs. Rowland Ward for preservation, who write me that it is a 

 female and a very fine bird ; but I have not personally seen the 

 specimen. HUGH S. GLADSTONE, Capenoch. 



Blue Shark in the Firth of Forth. As we were walking along 

 the shore in Largo Bay on 8th December we found a Blue Shark 

 (Carcharias glaucus) lying dead, cast up by the sea. It looked in 

 perfect condition, but Mr. Kirk, Taxidermist, Glasgow, to whom it 

 was sent, tells us that there was a bruise at the base of the skull, 

 which may have been caused by a blow from the propeller of a 

 boat. A half-digested haddock and other fish remains were found in 

 the stomach. The Shark was 7 ft. in length and will find a resting- 

 place in the Royal Scottish Museum. The only previous records, we 

 believe, for the occurrence of this species in the Forth are, a note 

 from the " Edinburgh Evening Dispatch " of a Blue Shark 10 ft. long 

 captured on Kinghorn beach on 3oth November 1894 (see 

 "A.S.N.H.," 1900, p. 1 6), and a record by Mr. Evans of one 

 captured in the salmon nets, at Gullane Point, East Lothian, on 

 7th July 1898 ("A.S.N.H.," 1898, p. 239). LEONORA JEFFREY 

 RINTOUL and EVELYN V. BAXTER, Largo. 



Oligoehseta from the Isle of May (Forth). On 23rd September 

 last, I found a number of Enchytrseid worms among earth at the 

 roots of a large tuft of sea-pink (Armeria maritima) on the rocks 

 at the south end of the Isle of May. One had all the external 

 appearance of Enchytnms albidus, Henle, and so it turned out to be, 

 but the others seemed quite different. On submitting specimens to 

 Mr. R. Southern, he reported, besides E. albidtts, Henlea hzbernica, 

 Southern, and Fridericia bulbosa (Rosa) a few of each, and both 

 recorded by him from Ireland, but not from Great Britain, and 

 therefore additions to my " Forth " list (" Proc. Roy. Phys. Soc." 

 xviii. 109). WILLIAM EVANS, Edinburgh. 



BOTANICAL NOTES AND NEWS. 



Rhinanthus Perrieri. In the "Annals," p. 178, 1909, the Rev. 

 E. S. Marshall says he 'thinks " Mr. Druce's contention ["Annals," 



