136 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



Heligoland. According to Dr. Hartert it breeds in sub- 

 arctic North America, from Greenland to Alaska, wintering 

 in the Gulf States, Mexico, and Central America. 



Two Redpolls were added to the Scottish list this 

 year ; they came to our shores with the great rush of 

 Mealy Redpolls which took place this autumn. Thus the 

 Hoary Redpoll (Acanthis hornemannii exilipes] was procured 

 on Fair Isle (1.1911.53), while Holboll's Redpoll (Acanthis 

 linaria Jiolboellii] occurred in some numbers in Scotland. 

 Specimens of the last-named race were procured in October 

 at the Isle of May, Tranent, near Lerwick, near Skateraw, 

 at Musselburgh, Leith Docks, Bo'ness, the Braid Hills, at 

 Fair Isle. Neither the Hoary nor Holboll's Redpoll had 

 been recorded for Scotland till 1910, though a specimen of 

 the latter bird was procured near Edinburgh, and figured by 

 Selby in 1825 as a Mealy Redpoll (Evans, " Proc. Roy. 

 Phys. Soc." xviii. 203). Both breed in the north of the 

 Nearctic and Palaearctic regions. Another American bird 

 was added to the Scottish list this year, namely the 

 Yellowshank (Tot anus flavipcs], a specimen of which was 

 procured on Fair Isle (1.1911.53). This species is widely 

 distributed in America and has rarely occurred in Eng- 

 land, and this is the first time it has been recorded for 

 Scotland. 



During 1910 three continental forms of birds of which 

 we have British sub-species, have been recorded in Scotland 

 for the first time. A Redbreast sent from the Isle of May 

 on 22nd October proved to be Erithacus rubecula nibecula : 

 this was a later arrival than those pronounced by Dr. 

 Hartert to be E. r. melophilus. Seven Goldcrests procured 

 on the Isle of May between loth September and i/th 

 October were the continental Regulus regulns regulns 

 (1.1911.3). A continental Great Tit (Partis major major} 

 was procured on the Isle of May on I5th October 

 (1.1911.3), and another was secured on Fair Isle on I7th 

 November (1.1911.53). A Great Tit that appeared on 

 North Unst (Shetland) on 25th October probably also 

 belonged to this race. For the sake of completeness we 

 will mention here the first Scottish records of the continental 

 Song - Thrush ( Turdus philomelos philomelos) and the 



