2oS ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



March 6, returned to breeding-ground. Forth Dalmeny, July 8, 

 returning to sea-shore. Tweed Broughton, Feb. 20, returned. 

 Outer Hebrides Flannans, April 6, one; Aug. 5, six; Aug. 28- 

 Sept. 15, a good many. Argyll and Isles Dhuheartach, Feb. 

 23, about a dozen flying in rays; March i, flying in rays with 

 Oyster-catchers. Skerry vore, May 26, a flock flying N. ; Aug. 13, a 

 flock. Clyde Carmichael, March 2, returned. 



NUMENIUS PH^EOPUS (Whimbrel). 



Orkney Sule Skerry, April 26, three. Stromness, Aug. 22, 

 one. Forth Dalmeny, July 20. Outer Hebrides Flannans, May 

 10-14, several; May 18, nine; July 30, two; Aug. 5, one. Argyll 

 and Isles Tiree, April 17, four; 2 2nd, a few; April 2Q-May 20, 

 flocks passing daily; Aug. 26, several along shore. Dhuheartach, 

 May 9, four; 22nd, one on rock. Skerryvore, May 31, one. Clyde 

 -Lendalfoot, April 26. Millport, May 3. Bute, May 5. 



HYDROCHELIDON NIGRA (Black Tern). 



Tweed Hawick, June 2, several seen, one shot ("Annals," 

 I9 02 , P- 253). 



STERNA CANTIACA (Sandwich Tern). 



Forth North Berwick, April 27, seven. Dalmeny, Sept. 19. 



STERNA FLUVIATILIS (Common Tern). 



Shetland Bred in 1901, not hitherto known as a breeding 

 species in the Islands (" Annals," 1902, p. 121). Moray Fochabers, 

 April 1 8. Dee Peterhead, May 8. Aberdeen, May n, a few; 

 Sept. 20, last. Tay Bell Rock, April 28, two, first. Forth North 

 Berwick, April 13, arrived. Argyll and Isles Tiree, May 15, have 

 arrived. 



STERNA MACRURA (Arctic Tern). 



Orkney Sule Skerry, May 14, first; Sept. 5, last. Dee 

 Aberdeen, May 11, many; Sept. 22, about thirty, last seen. Outer 

 Hebrides Flannans, June 11, two. Argyll and Isles Tiree, May 



1 5, have arrived. 



STERNA MINUTA (Lesser Tern). 



Dee Aberdeen, May n, twelve; Sept. 20, last. Tay Bell 

 Rock, Sept. 27, about thirty passing N.E. Argyll and Isles Tiree, 

 May 26, have arrived. 



LARUS LEUCOPTERUS (Iceland Gull). 



Sutherland Castlehill, Jan. 20, a <$ . Forth Aberlady, Oct. 



1 6, one picked up on tide-line. Outer Hebrides Barra, Jan. 18, 



