146 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



I counted between 500 and 600 ducks on it. The only Scaup 

 Ducks identified (half a dozen) were on the coast, on the north side 

 of Kilchattan Bay, on 4th January. 



CLANGULA GLAUCION (Z.) and HARELDA GLACIALIS (Z.). Soli- 

 tary immature Golden-Eyes were noticed on Loch Fad and Loch 

 Quien, and groups of ten to fifteen were frequent off all the rocky 

 parts of the west coast, where a few small parties of Long-tailed 

 Ducks were also observed. Among the numerous groups of diving 

 ducks noticed off shore between Kilmichael and Ettrick Bay on 8th 

 January, was one of seven birds which I felt pretty certain were 

 Common Scoters (CEdemia nigrd), but they were too far off for me 

 to identify them perfectly. 



MERGUS MERGANSER, Z., and M. SERRATOR, Z. A pair of 

 Goosanders off shore to the south of St. Ninian's Bay were the only 

 ones detected. Mergansers, on the other hand, were very common 

 all round the island. 



COLUMBA PALUMBUS, Z., and C. LiviA,y; F. GmeL Ring Doves 

 were abundant, large flocks feeding on the turnip-tops during the 

 frost. On the fields between Kingarth and Stravanan Bay I fre- 

 quently saw small flocks of Rock Doves feeding, and on gth January 

 I traced about thirty of them to their roosting-places in caves south 

 of Dunagoil Bay. 



TETRAO TETRIX, Z., and LAGOPUS SCOTICUS (Lath.} In suitable 

 ground in the southern half of the island (the hilly district to the 

 west of Loch Fad, for instance), but more especially on the birch- 

 clad slopes skirting the shores of North Bute, Black Grouse were 

 common ; and Red Grouse abounded on all the moors, both south 

 and north. 



PHASIANUS COLCHICUS (Z.) and PERDIX CINEREA, Lath. On 

 suitable ground Pheasants and Partridges were both common. Of 

 the two I found the Pheasant much the more numerous and widely 

 distributed, occurring not only in the woods and cultivated lands of 

 central and southern Bute, but also in the outlying and much wilder 

 district at the head of the Kyles. 



RALLUS AQUATICUS, Z. On 6th January a frozen-out Water 

 Rail was observed in a ditch by the roadside between Barone and 

 Loch Fad, and I saw a stuffed specimen in Mr. Bodin's hands. 



GALLINULA CHLOROPUS (Z.) and FULICA ATRA, Z. From first 

 to last, a goodly number of Moor-hens were noticed, and on the lochs 

 Coots were common as long as there was open water on 3oth 

 December I counted over a hundred on Loch Fad. 



HIATICULA (Z.) and CHARADRIUS PLUVIALIS, Z. 

 On the sands and shingles of Kilchattan Bay, St. Ninian's Bay, etc., 



