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bervie, Oct. 27, three. Tay Newport, Oct. 21, young bird; 

 Arbroath, Oct. 22; Forfar, Oct. 26; Tayfield, Dec. 30, seen. 

 Forth Row, Doune, Oct. 18, one; Thurston, Oct. 27, immature 

 $ ; Broxmouth Park, Oct. (last week), one ; Newington, Nov. 7 : 

 Inch, Nov. 9; Aberlady, Nov. 15; Dalmeny, Nov. 15 and 16, 

 Dec. 1 6. Tweed Halmyre, May 15 ; Chirnside, Oct. 14, one. 

 Nested at Duns Castle; Hawick, Oct. 18, immature $. Melrose, 

 Oct. 2 1, seen; Burnfoot, Oct. 14. Solway Procured at St. Mary's 

 Isle in Oct. 



CUCULUS CANORUS (Cuckoo). 



Tay Fordoun, May i, first; Ballinluig, May i. Forth Aber- 

 foyle, April 25; Dalmeny, May i. Tweed Halmyre, April 23; 

 Broughton, April 30. Outer Hebrides, Barra, April 28. Argyll and 

 Isles Tiree, May 17 ; Ben Nevis Observatory, May 23, found dead 

 in snow about 4300 feet. Clyde Turnberry, May 6, first heard : 

 Lamlash, April 28, first heard ; Beith, April 20. 



Earliest, April 20, Beith. 



ALCEDO ISPIDA (Kingfisher). 



West Ross Sept. 10, on river Broom for about three weeks, 

 " very rare." 



UPUPA EPOPS (Hoopoe). 



Forth Isle of May, April 30, one ; Dunbar, Oct. 17 or 1 8, 

 one. 



STRIGID/E (Owls). 



Shetland Foula, Long-eared Owl, Oct. 29, during heavy gale; 

 Dunrossness, Short -eared Owl, April 30, two. Orkney Pentland 

 Skerries, Short-eared Owl, Oct. 20, one; North Ronaldshay, Snowy 

 Owl, June 7, one. Sutherland Scotscalder, Nov. 19, two. Dee 

 Aberdeen, European Hawk Owl, Nov. 21, a $ ("Annals," 1899, p. 

 49). Argyll and Isles Dhuheartach, Nov. 9, in rush of birds ; 

 Tiree, Short-eared Owl, Jan. 22, several. 



FALCONID.E (Falcons and Hawks). 



Shetland Iceland Falcon, April 6, immature c?, Sept. (last week), 

 one shot ("Field," Oct. 15). Dunrossness, Osprey, May 2, one 

 fishing in Loch Spiggie. Dee Honey Buzzard, Sept. 15, a young 

 bird shot at Kinmundy. Tay Tayfield, Buzzard, Jan. 22, one. 

 Merlin, Oct. 1 2, three seen on migration, " not resident here." Forth 

 Rough-legged Buzzard, Oct. 22, one shot, Broxmouth Woods; Nov. 

 12, 14, 19, three from Lammermoors. Tweed Broughton, Buzzard, 

 Sept. 25, one seen; Halmyre, Peregrine, Sept. 15, a $ seen. Outer 

 Hebrides Barra, Greenland Falcon, March 8, single bird seen. 

 Solway Dumfries, Marsh Harrier, shot early in May at Kirkmichael 

 ("Annals," 1898, p. 182). 



