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have seen in Orkney. I was told that another was seen in Eday at 

 the same time, and I saw in a Caithness paper a few days after the 

 date mentioned that a bird of this species had been obtained in the 

 parish of Rendall, Orkney, and was in the hands of Mr. Dunbar, 

 naturalist, of Thurso. T, W. RANKEN, Kirkwall. 



Bird Notes from Barra. BLACKCAP (Sylvia atricapilla), On the 

 1 3th of October I noticed a Blackcap (a female) flitting about among 

 the bushes in my garden. It remained for about a week, and was very 

 tame. This is the first of the species ever noticed by me in the Outer 

 Hebrides. WILLOW WREN (Phylloscopus trochihis). A specimen of 

 this pretty little warbler was caught by Mr. William Macgillivray in the 

 garden at Eoligary, on the 1 3th November, which he showed to me. 

 And in about a week after this he noticed another one, which remained 

 only for a day. These were late migrants, but, from what Mr. 

 Macgillivray tells me, it seems that a pair of these birds used to nest 

 in their garden for several years in succession, up till about two 

 years ago, when they failed to put in an appearance, although they 

 were never interfered with during their visits. GRAY WAGTAIL 

 (Motadlla melanope). On the 6th of October 1893, Mr. Murdo 

 MacDonald, gamekeeper, brought me a Gray Wagtail which he had 

 got on the east side of the island. The White Wagtail (M. alba) 

 visits us regularly during the spring and autumn migrations, but I 

 think this is the first record of the occurrence of the Gray Wagtail in 

 the Outer Hebrides. JACKDAW (Corvus moncdula). Every winter we 

 are visited by a few Rooks, but this season, about the end of October, 

 large flocks arrived, and more than a hundred can be counted here 

 and there all over the island. On the 2nd of November I observed 

 three Jackdaws with one of these flocks, and since then I have observed 

 several others. I believe the Jackdaw has been seen in Barra on 

 previous occasions, but I never met with it in the Outer Hebrides 

 before, and I think its visits are not common. JOHN MACRURY, 

 Barra. 



Sesia culieiformis, Z., in Strathspey. As this is a scarce 

 insect in any part of Scotland, and is not entered for " Moray " in Dr. 

 Buchanan White's "Lepidoptera of Scotland," it may be well to place 

 on record the fact that I saw two examples in Strathspey in May 

 last one (which I captured) at Loch Alvie ; the other at Aviemore 

 Station. WILLIAM EVANS, Edinburgh. 



Perthshire Heteroptera. I am able to add four species to the 

 list of Perthshire Heteroptera which appeared in the last number of 

 the "Annals." I took at Pitlochry, at the end of August 1892, 

 Dicyphus globifer, Campyloneura virgitla, Macrocoleus tanaceti, Psallus 

 alnicola. ALFRED BEAUMONT, Lewisham. 



Some further Scotch Localities for Arachnids. In connection 

 with Mr. G. H. Carpenter's article on " Some New Scotch Localities 



