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as an ordinary Pink-foot, except that round the base of the upper 

 mandible there was a broad band of white feathers. R. SERVICE, 

 Maxwelltown. 



Hybrid between Red and Black Grouse. A very fine speci- 

 men of a hybrid between Grouse and Black-game was shot in 

 December of last year near Ardgay, Ross-shire. The bird is a male, 

 very dark, and showing the Red Grouse feathers here and there on its 

 glossy black breast. The head and tail are distinctly those of a 

 Grey-hen, and the plumage is much spotted with white. Perhaps 

 the most curious part of the bird is the foot. The toes are feathered 

 half-way to the claws, the rest quite bare ; and they show the pectina- 

 tions distinctly, though not to such an extent as a true Black-game. 

 The legs are well feathered. T. E. BUCKLEY, Inverness. 



Black-tailed Godwit in Orkney. A male Black-tailed Godwit 

 (Limosd belgicd) was shot at Westray, in Orkney, on the 2ist of 

 September 1894, by Mr. G. Ellis, of Barrow-on-Soar, and sent to 

 me for preservation. Mr. T. E. Buckley tells me that this specimen 

 seems to be the first recorded for the Orkneys on satisfactory 

 evidence. LEWIS DUNBAR, Thurso. 



Little Gull at St. Andrews. A Little Gull (Larus minutus) was 

 picked up alive on the Links Burn on the 20th of January last. 

 It was a bird of last year i.e. about six months old. ALLAN BRIGGS, 

 St. Andrews. 



Ivory Gull in Aberdeenshire. An immature Ivory Gull 

 (Pagophila eburned) was shot at Rosehearty in November 1894. 

 During the storm of the i3th January last, an old bird in good 

 plumage was captured at Fraserburgh. This latter bird I examined 

 while in the hands of the local bird-stuffer. WILLIAM SERLE, 

 Peterhead. 



Great Crested Grebe in Wigtownshire. Sir Herbert Maxwell 

 tells us in the last number of the "Annals" that a young male of 

 this species had been observed at the White Loch of Myreton. In 

 the first week of June last year, with two friends, I had the pleasure of 

 walking round this interesting loch. One of the first birds we saw 

 was a Great Crested Grebe (Podidpes cristatus) in full plumage, 'and 

 we all had ample opportunity of watching it through our glasses. 

 We supposed it would be breeding there, but in our brief visit we 

 only saw one bird. JOHN PATERSON, Glasgow. 



Red-necked Grebe at Dunbar. On igth February last a Red- 

 necked Grebe (Podidpes griseigena) was shot near Dunbar Harbour 

 by A. Main, fisherman, from whom I got it. The bird was a male 

 in winter plumage. Several have been seen about the district. 

 D. BRUCE, Dunbar. 



