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lowest locality on the Spey from which the Crested Tit (P. 

 cristatus] has been recorded. During the autumn of 1901 and 

 spring of 1902 I found the bird fairly numerous in the neighbour- 

 hood of Fochabers, which is several miles north of the Glen of 

 Rothes. The first time the Crested Tit was seen near Fochabers 

 was in the winter of either 1868 or 1869, when a single bird was 

 noticed by Mr. John Webster, brother of the present head gardener at 

 Gordon Castle. In June 1899 Mr. George Muirhead, jun., found two 

 Crested Tits' nests in a large fir-wood about a mile from Fochabers ; 

 one nest contained young birds, and the other hard-set eggs. As I 

 have seen Crested Tits within five miles of Elgin, perhaps they may 

 now be extending their range beyond the valley of the Spey. 

 NORMAN B. KINNEAR, Achnacarry. 



Nesting 1 of Great Spotted Woodpecker in East Lothian. 

 On 5th May 1902 I visited a nest of Dendrocopus major in a wood 

 not very far from here. The exact spot, at the request of the pro- 

 prietor, I do not name. The nest was in an upright half-dead 

 branch of a beech-tree some 25 feet from the ground. The extra- 

 ordinary litter of chips which bestrewed the ground at the foot of 

 the tree first attracted attention to it. The entrance hole measured 

 2x2^ inches, and the depth of the hollow from the lower lip of the 

 aperture to the surface of the chips and wood-dust which formed the 

 nest was 10 inches. The circumference of the branch outside the 

 aperture was 19 inches. As I was away from home during part of 

 May, I did not manage to visit the nest till i oth June, when I saw 

 many signs of the presence of the birds ; but several people in the 

 neighbourhood saw the parent birds repeatedly going in and out of 

 the nest, and described to me most accurately their colours and 

 markings. The young were hatched and got safely away, I am 

 glad to record. H. N. BONAR, Salton. 



Honey Buzzard in Argyllshire. On the gth of October an 

 immature female Honey Buzzard (Pernis apivorus) was shot at Kil- 

 finnan, Loch Fyne. CHARLES KIRK, Glasgow. 



Honey Buzzard in Forfarshire. I am informed on the most 

 reliable authority that a bird of this species was observed being 

 pursued by a lot of Jackdaws at Teinavon. The bird passed within 

 20 yards of my informant, whose attention was called to the bird by 

 its cries while being hustled by its pursuers. J. A. HARVIE-BROWN. 



Glossy Ibis in Roxburghshire. On the iyth of November last 

 an immature specimen of the Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinelhis) was 

 shot at a place called the " Brick House," which is situated on the 

 Tweed about four miles below Kelso, and where there is a small 

 pond and marshy places, to which numerous ducks resort. This 

 example has been acquired by the Edinburgh Museum of Science 

 and Art. ARCHIBALD STEEL, Kelso. 

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