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to N., strong. Two of the birds were bright coloured (" mostly 

 red ") and two were dark coloured. The cat brought in the 

 head of one the same day. The birds were sitting on a goose- 

 berry bush close to the house and were not wild. 



CHAFFINCH (Fringilla coelebs}. A pair have been about the 

 shrubbery all summer, coming to be fed along with the other 

 birds. I have not been able to discover any nest, but on 

 7th August my wife called me to see four young Chaffinchs 

 which were feeding along with the two old ones. 



WRYNECK (lynx torquilla). One, a male, captured alive at Harolds- 

 wick on 2nd September and brought to me. The bird was in 

 fine plumage and in good condition, though when I opened 

 the stomach it was empty. It weighed 362 grains. Though 

 several captures and occurrences have been reported for 

 Shetland, this is the first Wryneck I have seen since August 

 1884, when my younger brother shot one in front of this 

 house. 



DIPTERA SCOTICA : III. THE FORTH DISTRICT. 



BY PERCY H. GRIMSHAW, F.E.S. 



( Continued from p. 1 6 6. ) 



Family PIPUNCULIDJE. 



153. PIPUNCULUS RURALIS, Mg. Pease Bridge, 1843 (Hardy) 



Selby, 2. 



Family SYRPHID^. 



154. PARAGUS TIBIALIS, Fin. 6*, Aberfoyle, July 1903 (A. E. J. 



Carter). 



155. PIPIZELLA VIRENS, Fab. Musselburgh (A. E. J. Carter). 



156. PIPIZELLA FLAVITARSIS, Mg. 6*, Aberfoyle, July 1903 



(A. E. J. Carter). 



157. CHRYSOGASTER SPLENDENS, Mg. Musselburgh (A. E. J. 



Carter); 6% Braid Burn, Morningside, July 1899 (Wm. 

 Evans). 



158. LIOGASTER METALLINA, Fab. -^, Aberlady, July 1898 



(Wm. Evans); 9 (common), Winchburgh, 24th June 1902 

 (James Waterston). 



159. CHRYSOGASTER HIRTELLA, Lw. . , Heriot, 28th June 1898. 



(Wm. Evans). 



