216 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



CYPSELUS APUS (Common Swift). 



Shetland N. Unst, May 31; Nov. 10, one "Swift." Moray 

 Forres, May 9. Dee Cults, May 10; Peterhead, May i3-Aug. 



19. Tay Arbroath, May 5-Aug. 22. Forth Craigmillar, May 5. 

 Tweed Chirnside, May 9. Argyll and Isles Skerryvore, June 30, 

 Oct. 13. Clyde Crookston Castle, Renfrew, April 26; Rosshall, 

 Sept. i. 



Earliest, April 26, Crookston Castle; latest, Nov. 10 (!), 

 N. Unst. 



CAPRIMULGUS EUROP^US (Nightjar). 



Dee Fyvie, May i. 



DENDROCOPUS MAJOR (Great Spotted Woodpecker). 



Tweed Nesting at Duns Castle ; seen Longformacus, Berwick- 

 shire. 



CUCULUS CANORUS (Cuckoo). 



Moray Rogart, April 29. Dee Fyvie, April 29. Tay 

 Stravithie, April 4 ; caught at Anstruther, Oct. 8. Forth Dalmeny, 

 April 15 ; Leadburn, Aug. 25. Tweed Hallmyre, April 24. 

 Outer Hebrides Barra, April 28. Argyll and Isles Oban, April 



20. Clyde Mearns, April 15. 



Earliest, April 4, Stravithie ; latest, Oct. 8, Anstruther. 



(Owls). 



Shetland Dunrossness, June 28, two Short-eared Owls (Asia 

 accipitrinus) ; Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca) shot, Balta Sound, Jan. 

 26. Sutherland A. accipitrinus, Thurso, Feb. 26 ; Georgemas, 

 Jan. 15; Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca}, young <$ , Armadale, 

 April 7. Moray Short-eared Owl (A. accipitrinus}, Dufftown, Aug. 

 14. Forth Short-eared Owl (A. accipitrinus), Pentlands, Sept. 23. 

 Argyll and Isles Short-eared Owl (A. accipitrinus), Skerryvore, Oct. 

 4, 8. 



ANSERINE (Geese). 



Shetland Dunrossness, Oct. 27, Gray Geese passing E. Tay 

 -Pink-footed Geese (A. brachyrhynchus), Tentsmuir, Sept. 25. 

 West Ross Shieldaig, Sept. 24, 34 "Geese" passing S.E. Outer 

 Hebrides Barra, Oct. 17, Brent Geese (Bernida brenta) and Ber- 

 nacle Geese (B. leucopsis), " less plentiful than usual." Argyll and 

 Isles Tiree, Brent Geese (B. brenta), April 13; Bernacle Geese 

 (B. leucopsis), April 14, Oct. 25 ; White-fronted Geese (A. albifrons) 

 arrived Oct. 19, left May 8; "Geese" passing E., Oct. 15, 17. 

 Solway One Pink-footed Goose (A. brachyrhynchus) shot near 

 Annan, March. 



Principal movements, Oct. 12-19. 





