82 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



MEROPS APIASTER (Bee-eater). 



Shetland Symbister, June 1899, seen for some days and then 

 picked up dead ("Annals," 1900, pp. 48-49). 



STRIGID/E (Owls). 



Sutherland and Caithness Thurso, Asio accipitrinus (Short- 

 eared Owl), Aug. loth, ? shot. Argyll and Isles Skerryvore, A. 

 accipitrinus, Aug. i3th, on rock. Orkney North Ronaldshay, 

 Nyctea scandiaca (Snowy Owl), Feb. ist, one ; Nov. gth, one. 



FALCONID.E (Falcons and Hawks). 



SutJierland and Caithness Archibuteo lagopus (Rough-legged 

 Buzzard), March 22nd, $ trapped at Braemore. Forth Buteo 

 vulgaris (Common Buzzard), Oct. i6th, two in keeper's larder at 

 Kilmahog. 



ANSERINE (Geese). 



Shetland Dunrossness, A. albifrons (White-fronted Goose), 

 Dec. 1 3th, shot on Loch Spiggie ("Annals," 1900, p. 50). Moray 

 Bernicla leucopsis (Bernacle Goose), Nov. 9th, shot near Tain 

 ("Annals," 1900, p. 49). Dee B. brenta (Brent Goose), Oct. i4th, 

 shot near Aberdeen. Tay Tayfield, A. brachyrhynchus (Pink- 

 footed Goose), April 28th, last seen; A. albifrons, April igth, one 

 of three shot ("Annals," 1899, p. 182). Forth A. brachyrhynchus, 

 April 1 8th, a small flock, Aberlady Bay ; Oct. 4th, a flock, Aberlady. 

 Argyll and Isles Tiree, A. albifrons, May 4th, left; Oct. i2th, 

 returned. Clyde Thankerton, A. brachyrhynchus, Nov. 25th, two 

 shot, very numerous this winter. 



CYGNIN.E (Swans). 



Caithness Thurso, C. musicus (Whooper), March 22nd, 24 

 passing N.E. Watten, Oct. 25th, one shot. Argyll and Isles 

 Tiree, C. musicus, Nov. 3rd ; C. bewicki (Bewick's Swan), March i2th, 

 two flocks of 22 and 18 came in from E. ; March 25th, still here; 

 Nov. 1 3th, arrived. 



ANATID^E (Ducks). 



Shetland Sandness, Somateria spectabilis (King Eider), Feb. 

 24th, c? shot ("Annals," 1899, p. in). Dunrossness, Mergus 

 albellus (Smew), Dec. isth, shot on Loch Spiggie ("Annals," 1900, 

 p. 50). Sutherland and Caithness Fuligula marila (Scaup), nested 

 this year in Sutherland ("Annals," 1899, pp. 215-216). Caithness, 

 Clangula glaudon (Golden Eye), April nth, adult $ on Loch Eye; 

 Spatula clypeata (Shoveller), Aug. igth, ? juv., Sandside, "rare." 

 D ee Aberdeen, Anas streperus (Gadwall), Sept. 23rd, $ shot. 

 Rattray Head, Fuligula ferina (Pochard), April 29th, have left; 



