214 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



MEGALESTRIS CATARRHACTES (Great Skua). Two at Lerwick, 8th 

 June, and one at Isle of May, 6th October. 



S. CREPIDATUS (Arctic Skua). Shurrery (Reay), 8th August, one 

 shot, and one after Terns, Dunbar, same date (Evans); at Isle 

 of May, single birds on six occasions, i2th Sept.-6th Oct. ; 

 Dalmeny, i2th October; Balcomie, i8-2oth, single birds; 

 Keiss, 4th November (i). 



U. LOMVIA (Brunnich's Guillemot). On nth December one picked 

 up at Craigielaw Point (Haddington) (pp. 75-76). 



U. GRYLLE (Black Guillemot). Small parties at Butt of Lewis on 

 yth March, first for season. Several at Sule Skerry on 5th 

 April. Had left Butt of Lewis with young by ist September. 



MERGULUS ALLE (Little Auk). One on gth March at Gullane 

 Point ("Annals Scot. Nat. Hist.," 1908, p. 185). 



FRATERCULA ARCTICA (Puffin). At the Flannans on loth April, 

 several. Great numbers at Sule Skerry on i5th. Left Sule 

 Skerry on the evening of 8th August in great numbers, flying 

 very high. 



COLYMBUS GLACIALIS (Great Northern Diver). Over forty in Hoy 

 Sound, Orkney, on 6th March, and considerably over a hundred 

 off Graemsay on 6th April ("Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist.," 1908, p. 

 185). One during the winter of 1908 at the Fair Isle (p. 75). 



P. NIGRICOLLIS (Eared Grebe). One got at Helensburgh in January 

 exhibited at meeting Nat. Hist. Soc. of Glasgow. 



P. FLUVIATILIS (Little Grebe). At Isle of May, one found dead 

 on 24th September, and one in pond there ist-2nd October 

 (P- 20). 



OCEANODROMA LEUCORRHOA (Fork-tailed Petrel). On the coast 

 near the Don (Aberdeen), 5th January, one (5) ("Annals of 

 Scot. Nat. Hist.," 1908, p. 120). At Flannan Islands, one at 

 lantern on 6th April. One at lantern at Sule Skerry, 5th 

 August. Three captured at Sule Skerry on 2ist September, 

 where it is rarely seen (p. 118). One at lantern on Isle of 

 May on October 6th (p. 19). 



PUFFINUS ANGLORUM (Manx Shearwater). Frequented Sound inside 

 Ardnamurchan Head from end May. On i5th June several 

 were caught and drowned on Haddock lines, baited with 

 pieces of herring, which they stripped off before sinking to 

 the bottom. The fishermen assured Mr. Macdonald that by 

 using their wings, their progress under water is marvellously 

 rapid. 



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