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Mull of Galloway ; and also to George H. Smith, S.S. 

 " Goldseeker." 



We have to thank Mr. John Paterson for reprints of 

 papers from the " Glasgow Naturalist." 



The following references will be used throughout this 

 Report i = " Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist.," 2 = " Glasgow 

 Naturalist." 3 = " British Birds " (magazine). 



SPECIES AND SUB-SPECIES NEW TO SCOTLAND. 



The year 1910 was an eventful one for Scottish 

 Ornithology as, thanks mainly to the splendid work done 

 on Fair Isle and St. Kilda, no fewer than eleven species 

 and sub-species have been added to the list of Scottish 

 birds. The first Scottish specimen of the Rock-thrush 

 (Monticola saxatilis) is recorded from the Pentland Skerries 

 (Orkney), where a beautiful adult male was captured on 

 i /th May, another bird of this species being seen there the 

 same day (1.1910.148). This is the second authenticated 

 instance of the occurrence of this bird in Britain. A very 

 interesting visitor from the East recorded this year in 

 Scotland is Blyth's Reed-Warbler (Acrocepkalus dumetoruni) 

 which occurred on Fair Isle in September. It is the first 

 time this bird has been found in Britain, or, in fact, in 

 Western Europe (1.1911.70). 



The lonely islet of St. Kilda was visited in the autumn 

 of 1910 by a Marsh Warbler (Acrocepkalus palustris). 

 This bird breeds in southern England (though very locally) 

 as well as in many parts of the Continent, but this is the 

 first time it has been recorded in Scotland (1.1911.52). 

 The Pentland Skerries are again to the fore in the case of 

 Temminck's Grasshopper or the Lanceolated Warbler 

 (Locustella lanceolata). This Eastern Warbler was procured 

 on 26th October, and is the first recorded for Scotland and 

 second for Britain (1.1911.71). 



Another bird new to Britain falls to be recorded this 

 year, viz. the American Pipit (Anthus spinoletta pensilvanica], 

 which occurred on St. Kilda in autumn (1.1911.52). The 

 only previous authenticated instances of the occurrence of 

 this Pipit in Europe are two procured by Gatke on 



