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3. MUTE SWAN, Cygnus olor. Probably an escape. 



4. QUAIL, Coturnix communis. 



5. GRAY PHALAROPE, Phalaropus fulicari us. 



6. LITTLE STINT, Tringa minuta. 



7. CURLEW SANDPIPER, Tringa subarqnata. 



8. RUFF, T. pugnax. 



9. BLACK-TAILED GODWIT, Limosa belgica. 



10. SANDWICH TERN, Sterna cantiaca. 



11. LITTLE TERN, . minuta. 



12. GREAT SHEARWATER, Puffimis gravis. 



13. FORK-TAILED PETREL, Procellaria leucorrhoa. 



V. BIRDS OBSERVED IN COLL, BUT NOT IN TIREE. 



1. WHITETHROAT, Sylvia cinerea. 



2. REED BUNTING, Rmberiza schceniclus. 



3. BULLFINCH, Pyrrhida europaa. Once seen. 



4. HOUSE MARTIN, Chelidon urbica. 



5. NIGHT-JAR, Caprimulgus europtcus. A straggler. 



6. SNOWY OWL, Nyctea scandiaca. Winter of 1891-92. 



7. HEN HARRIER, Circus cyaneus. A straggler. 



8. COMMON BUZZARD, Buteo vulgaris. A straggler. 



9. RED GROUSE, Lagopus scoticus. 



An "Eagle" was seen in Coll in 1897. 



Dr. Smith, when waiting for ducks, I4th October 1898, 

 observed "the largest Owl he ever saw." Peter Gray, 

 shepherd, about that date " saw an Owl as big as an Eagle." 

 " Said Owl dropped a Land Rail it was carrying." Could this 

 have been an Eagle Owl ? or more probably a Snowy Owl ? 



NOTES ON THE LESSER WHITETHROAT 

 (SYLVIA CURRUCA, LINN.) AS A CLYDE 



SPECIES. 



By JOHN PATERSON. 



THE question of the Lesser Whitethroat as a Scottish species 

 in the past and at present, is a curious and puzzling one. 

 These notes relate to the records which refer to the " Clyde " 

 area. 



One of the earliest references to this species in Clyde 

 is that of the Rev. William Patrick, in the " New Statistical 



