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on the 2ist of February, not on the 2ist of July as stated in the 

 "Annals" for April (p. 109). EDS. 



King 1 Eider in the Shetlands. Referring to the editorial note 

 on this subject (p. 112), I may state that I examined both the birds 

 sent to London by Mr. Bankart on the day they arrived, and while 

 they were yet unskinned. The male, as already announced, was a 

 King Eider (Somateria spectabilis] ; the female was undoubtedly a 

 Common Eider (Somateria mollissimd). The measurements and 

 weights were as follows : King Eider, wing from carpus, 1 1 ins. ; 

 tarsus, 2 ins. ; middle toe, 2^- ins. ; weight, 3 Ibs. 14 oz. Common 

 Eider, wing io|- ins. ; tarsus, 2 ins. ; middle toe, 3 ins. ; weight, 

 3 Ibs. 15 oz. The colours of the soft parts have been already 

 described in my communication to " The Field " of 4th March 

 last. J. E. HARTING. 



Little Auk in Barra in April. On the 8th of April last, a cat 

 brought in a Little Auk which it had evidently just captured and 

 killed. The bird was in excellent condition, and had partially 

 assumed its summer plumage. I sent it to the Edinburgh Museum 

 of Science and Art. WM. L. MACGILLIVRAY, Eoligary, Barra. 



Carabus glabratus, Payk., in Clyde. Mr. A. Adie Dalglish 

 has shown me a specimen of Carabus glabratus taken by him at 

 Glenmallon, Argyllshire, in 1897, at an elevation of about 600 feet. 

 Mr. G. W. Ord has kindly given me another specimen of this 

 species, collected at Craigmaddie, Dumbartonshire, at an elevation 

 of 500 feet. Carabus glabratus has not, so far as I am aware, been 

 recorded for " Clyde." Both specimens were sent to Mr. G. C. 

 Champion, F.Z.S., for verification. ANDERSON FERGUSON, Glasgow. 



Huntemannia jadensis, -S". A. Poppe Extension of Distribu- 

 tion. This Copepod was added to the British fauna in 1895, from 

 specimens taken at the head of West Loch Tarbert, Cantyre. More 

 recently it was obtained in the Cromarty Firth, and is recorded 

 from there in the " Seventeenth Annual Report of the Fishery 

 Board for Scotland," part iii. A further extension of the distribu- 

 tion of this species is indicated in the following remarks. I 

 happened, during May last, to make a few hours' visit to two places 

 on the Clyde, viz. Millport and Inverkip, and embraced the oppor- 

 tunity to examine some brackish-water pools at both the places 

 named. Huntemannia was captured at each of these localities, and 

 I am enabled now to give this interesting species a place amongst 

 the Copepod fauna of the Clyde. The known distribution of 

 Huntemannia in Britain seems to be restricted to the four places 

 mentioned above ; but the species will probably be found in other 

 localities where the conditions are suitable. One of the Inverkip 

 specimens a female carried two ovisacs like a Cyclops. This is 

 the first time I have seen Huntemannia carrying eggs. T. SCOTT, 

 Aberdeen. 



