2i8 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



West Ross. Shieldaig, May 3. 



Outer Hebrides. Barra, May i. 



Argyll and Isles. Earraid, Mull, May 2. 



Earliest record, April 26, Edinburgh, Hallmyre ; latest, Aug. 15, 

 Hallmyre. 



(Owls). 



Shetland. N. Unst, Dec. 10, Snowy Owl. Dunrossness, Oct. 15, 



Snowy owl, flying S. ; Oct. 6, one Long-eared Owl; Oct. 15, 



Short-eared Owl. 

 Orkney. N. Ronaldshay, Snowy Owl shot Feb. 27, another seen; 



Short-eared Owl shot Oct. 9, six seen Oct. 13, after S.S.W. gale. 



Pentland Skerries, Oct. 17, pair of Short-eared Owls shot, S.W. 

 Sutherland. Snowy Owl, Strathmore, Thurso ; Short-eared Owls 



" plentiful about Thurso this season." 

 Argyll and Isles. Tiree, Oct. 17, two Short-eared Owls. 



FALCONID^E (Hawks and Falcons). 



Orkney. N. Ronaldshay. Merlins unusually plentiful in autumn. 

 Outer Hebrides. Barra Head. Hen Harrier, Aug. 27. 



BOTAURUS STELLARIS (Bittern). 



Sutherland. Lochend, Thurso, Nov. 22, $ caught, after severe 

 gale. 



ANSERINE (Geese). 



Shetland. N. Unst, "Geese" on Loch Cliff, Oct. 18 ; Brent Geese 

 passing W., Dec. 21. Dunrossness, Oct. 9, one Bernicle Goose 

 passing N.W. ; Oct. 12, three Greylag; Oct. 16, ten Greylag. 



Orkney. N. Ronaldshay, Oct. 23, two Brent Geese. 



Tay. Newport, Fife, "Geese" left on April 22. 



Tiveed. Pink -footed Geese (Anser brachyrhynchus] on tarns on 

 Coldingham Moor during migration in March and November. 



Outer Hebrides. Monach, "Geese," April 19, Oct. 10 ; Bernicle 

 Geese, Oct. 15. Barra, Bernicle Geese on the island till April 

 26; White-fronted Geese (Anser allnfrons), nine, April 16; Brent 

 Geese, Dec. 13, 14, "later than usual." Barra Head, Jan. 7, 10, 

 fifty Bernicle Geese. 



Argyll and Isles. Tiree, May 2, flock of over 100 A. albifrons 

 flying N. ; Oct. 8, large flock of A. albifrons; Oct. n, flock of 

 200 " Geese " passing S.E. ; Oct. 29, five Bernicle Geese ; Nov. 

 29, thirty Bernicle Geese. Earraid, Mull, Oct. 22, 29, flocks 

 of " Geese " passing S. 

 Principal movements April 16-26, Oct. 8-16, 22, 29. 



