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was obtained near Tarbet, Harris, on the 23rd of February last. I 

 sent the specimen on to Mr. Harvie-Brown, and by him it was 

 sent to the Edinburgh Museum, where it may be seen as a mounted 

 specimen. ROBERT SINCLAIR, North Harris. 



[This specimen a female may be described as being white, 

 washed with rufous or brownish buff. The white largely predomin- 

 ates on the under surface, secondaries, wing coverts, and tail. The 

 brownish-buff prevails on the upper surface and flanks. The feathers 

 of the back are deeper brown on their margins, producing that 

 scaled appearance which is characteristic of the plumage of the 

 mantle. The neck, breast, and abdomen are slightly flecked with 

 sandy-buff. The irides are pink ; the feet, toes, and webs bright 

 orange yellow ; and the bill reddish-brown. EDS.] 



Canada Geese in the Outer Hebrides. At the end of February 

 there were shot in South Uist two Canada Geese (Bernicla canadensis), 

 an adult and an immature male. I believe these to be genuine wild 

 birds. They were wilder than even the White-fronted Geese, and 

 much more difficult to approach, as they keep as a rule on the low 

 muddy flats during the daytime. Mr. Bisshopp, to whom they were 

 sent for preservation, tells me that he has never had this species 

 before, so that they must be rare on the West Coast. Several other 

 Canada Geese are still here (isth March). DONALD GUTHRIE, 

 South Uist. 



Bean Goose in Outer Hebrides. On 2ist March 1903 I 

 received for inspection a very fine specimen of the Bean Goose, in 

 the flesh, from South Uist, along with the accompanying information: 

 "There were three of them about for some time and very wary. As 

 a rule they kept to the highest hillocks, but before a great hail- 

 storm I happened to spot them among some rushes with the tele- 

 scope, and after a wet crawl I got one of them." The bird weighed 

 7 1 Ibs., and is being mounted for Sir Reginald Cathcart's collec- 

 tion. J. A. HARVIE-BROWN. 



Little Gull in Clyde. My correspondent, Mr. Charles Berry, 

 informs me that on the i6th of December last he shot a Little Gull 

 (Lams minutus) near Lendalfoot in the south of Ayrshire. Only 

 two records of the occurrence of this species exist for the Clyde area, 

 as far as I know, and they are both old. JOHN PATERSON, Glasgow. 



Supposed occurrence of Larus melanoeephalus at Perth. 



About the end of January last I saw a Gull on the South Inch here 

 like L. ridibundus, in adult plumage, but without black tips to the 

 primaries. At the time I thought it merely a variety of our common 

 Black-headed Gull, but as gulls are not subject to much variation in 

 plumage, I now think that the bird was an example of the Mediter- 

 ranean L. melanocephalus, whose wings are not tipped with black. 

 Unfortunately I did not look for any other distinguishing char- 



