HO ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



1'ig- 3- Feather from the back of a female, Yorkshire, December, new autumn 



plumage. 

 Fig. 4. Feather from the back of a female, County Mayo, November, new 



autumn plumage. 

 Fig. 5. Feather from the back of a female, Stirlingshire, loth December, new 



autumn plumage. 

 Fig. 6. Feather from the flank of a female, Loch Long, I4th September, new 



autumn plumage. 



Fig. 7. Feather from the flank of a female, Stirlingshire, 22nd November, show- 

 ing change of pattern from autumn to summer without moult. 

 Fig. 8. Feather from the flank of a female, Argyllshire, loth December, showing 



change of pattern from autumn to summer without moult. 

 Fig. 9. Feather from the flank of a female, Stirlingshire, I7th July, showing 



summer feather acquired by moult, with the barring more regular. 

 Fig. 10. Feather from the chest of a female, Loch Long, I4th September, new 



autumn plumage. 

 Fig. ii. Feather from the chest of a female, County Mayo, November, new 



autumn plumage. 

 Fig. 12. Feather from the chest of a female, Ayrshire, 27th April, new summer 



plumage. 

 Fig. 13. Feather from the chest of a female, Stirlingshire, loth December, 



autumn plumage. 



THE BIRDS OF THE ISLAND OF BARRA. 

 By JOHN MACRURY, M.B. 



As many species of birds are continually shifting their 

 ground from one locality to another, I think it of sufficient 

 interest to write out a list of the birds that at present occur 

 in Barra, or have been found on the island within compara- 

 tively recent years. 



No doubt many strangers visit these islands for a few 

 days yearly on migration, but escape notice, as so few people 

 take any interest in the subject. 



Since the publication of Messrs. Harvie- Brown and 

 Buckley's " Vertebrate Fauna of the Outer Hebrides " in 

 1888, a considerable number of species has been met with 

 in the Outer Hebrides not included in that publication. 

 Still greater changes in the avifauna of the group have taken 

 place since the time when the Macgillivrays wrote. But 

 the curious thing is that at the latter time, when a game- 

 keeper in the Outer Hebrides was almost as rare as the 

 hoopoe is to-day, bird life was much more abundant than it 



