ON THE AVIFAUNA OF THE OUTER HEBRIDES 



IQOO 



STAGS 

 i. 1 8 stone 16 points. 



10 



1 8 stone 



4. 14 



5- M 

 6. 14 



i 2 points. 

 9 n 



12 ,, 



7 



IQOI 



1. 17 stone 



2. 17 



3. 12 



4. 12 . 



STAGS 



7 Ibs. 



i 2 points. 

 10 



9 





 



5. 15 stone 7 Ibs. 



6. 12 7 



HlN'IiS 



1. S stone 



2. 8 7 Ibs. 



1 2 points. 

 8 



ON THE AVIFAUNA OF THE OUTER 

 HEBRIDES, 1888-1902. 



By J. A. HARVIE-BROWN. 



(Continued from p. 217, No. 44.) 



CORNCRAKE (Crex pratensis\ p. 122. There are certainly some 

 curious statistics in connection with the arrivals, residence, and 

 departures of this species in the Outer Hebrides (see our previous 

 accounts). Mr. C. V. A. Peel holds that some remain all winter : 

 and records having shot one upon December 15, 1898, and another 

 on January 19, 1899. And he adds : " I have frequently seen Land- 

 rails in winter on the island of Vallay, North Uist." Mr. Peel quotes 

 from his game-book, in reply to my inquiry : " I always examined 

 Water-rails and Land-rails carefully, but never shot a Carolina Rail." 

 I asked the question, having reference to the record of the Carolina 

 Rail recorded as obtained in Tiree by Mr. Lort Phillips in the 

 winter of 1901-1902 ("Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist." 1902, p. 9). It is 

 interesting in this connection to record that Corncrakes were also 

 found wintering in the island of Tiree during the season of 1901- 

 1902, which we have record of at date of March 3, 1902. 



COOT (Fulica atra), p. 123. Previously rather rare in Benbecula, 

 it is reported as "now very common there" by Mr. M'Elfrish, who 

 adds : " at all events, hundreds are bred on the west sides of North 

 Uist and Benbecula every year on the fresh-water lochs." 



There does not appear to be much difference known in the dis- 

 tribution of this bird in the Outer Hebrides north of the Sound of 

 Harris. Mr. Radclyffe Waters can only speak of it as frequenting 



