MOVEMENTS OF BIRDS IN SCOTLAND DURING 1899 83 



Harelda glacialis (Long-tailed Duck), April 29th, none after this; 

 Oct. 1 4th, eight, first; C. glaudon, Nov. igth, six; (E. nigra, April 

 29th, none after this. Toy Fordoun, Mareca penelope (Wigeon), 

 Aug. 28th, at Auchinblae Dam. St. Andrews Bay, S. spectabilis, 

 June 6th, an adult $ shot ("Annals," 1899, p. 239). Argyll and 

 Isles Tiree, A. streperus, April 2 yth, numbers, "very late"; S. 

 clypeata, March 3 1 st, $ and ? . Dhuheartach, S. mollissiwa, Sept. 2 1 st, 

 first; Skerryvore, Sept. 2ist, a flock, first. Clyde S. dypeata, April 

 3rd, two pairs, Lochend Loch ; Dafila acuta (Pintail), Dec. i4th, one 

 shot in Clyde above Greenock. Solway Long-tailed Duck, ? got in 

 the autumn ("Annals," 1900, pp. 49-50). 



TURTUR COMMUNIS (Turtle Dove). 



Caithness June 23rd, <$ , Berriedale. Argyll and Isles 

 Dhuheartach, Sept. yth, one all day on rock. 



CACCABIS RUFA (Red-legged Partridge). 



Tay Nov. 6th, 6* shot in Forfarshire ; a nest with eggs seen 

 in the spring ("Annals," 1900, p. 50). 



COTURNIX COMMUNIS (Quail). 

 Argyll and Isles Skerryvore, Oct. 24th, one caught on rock, 



"rare." 



CREX PRATENSIS (Land Rail). 



Orkney North Ronaldshay, May i6th, one. Noup Head, 

 May 2oth, one. Pentland Skerries, May i6th, one. Caithness 

 Stempster, Oct. 3rd. Dee Aberdeen, May 5th, two. Tay Fordoun, 

 May ist. Forth Liberton, May 2. Comiston and Dalmeny, May 

 5th. Tweed Halmyre, April 26th, two; Sept. i9th, last seen. 

 Broughton, May yth. Chirnside, May ist. Argyll and Isles 

 Tiree, April 28th. Skerryvore, April 29th; June yth, one on rock. 

 Dhuheartach, May 23rd, one on rock. Clyde Thornliebank, April 

 22nd. Arran, April 23rd. Solway Dumfries, May 3rd, generally. 



Earliest, April 22nd, Thornliebank. 



PORZANA MARUETTA (Spotted Crake). 

 Moray Sept. 30th, shot near Culloden ("Annals," 1900, p. 51). 



RALLUS AQUATICUS (Water Rail). 



Caithness Barrogill, Feb. 2 yth. Clyde Thornliebank, April 

 1 9th, one. 



GLAREOLA PRATINCOLA (Pratincole). 



Tay Nov. 4th, a bird of the year shot near Montrose (" Annals," 

 1900, p. 51). 



