ZOOLOGICAL NOTES 245 



Nesting 1 of Great Spotted Woodpecker in East Lothian. 



I recorded ("Annals," January 1903) the nesting of this bird 

 (Dendrocopus major} in 1902 in my neighbourhood. I am pleased 

 to be able to record it again in the same spot this spring. A new 

 hole was bored, in the end of April, and the eggs have been hatched. 

 I spent two afternoons watching the parent birds going in and out 

 of the nesting-hole feeding their young. On the last day on which 

 I visited the nest (4th June) the young were pretty vigorous and 

 vociferous. The parents were by no means shy and would let me 

 get pretty close to them. H. N. BONAR, Salton. 



Great Spotted Woodpecker in Roxburghshire. In connection 

 with the notes on the recent extension of the distribution of 

 Dendrocopus major in the south-east of Scotland, I should like to 

 record the occurrence of a young bird near Roxburgh on the 

 22nd of August. This example was captured alive, and after being 

 carefully examined was set at liberty. There is little doubt that the 

 bird was bred in the neighbourhood, for Mr. Robert Godfrey has 

 been informed by one of the foresters that he occasionally sees the 

 species about. HENRY D. SIMPSON, Edinburgh. 



Kingfishers in Islay. As the Kingfisher (Alcedo ispida] is 

 not mentioned for Islay in the " Fauna of Argyll and the Inner 

 Hebrides," it may be interesting to record the following occurrences 

 in the island. One was seen by Mr. Morrison, of Islay House, 

 on Sorn River sometime in 1901. A second by Mr. Martin, of 

 Dunlossit, on a burn in November 1902, after a severe storm. 

 And lastly, one was seen by me on Loch Allan, Dunlossit, on 20th 

 July 1903. JAMES LUMSDEN, Arden. 



Teal nesting 1 in Lewis. Two eggs sent me by Mr. Watters in 

 proof of Teals nesting in Lewis (see notes under species as given in 

 my contribution to the " Fauna of the Outer Hebrides " in " Annals," 

 1902, p. 209). This is the first actual record of the nesting of this 

 species in the island. J. A. HARVIE-BROWN. 



Shoveller and Tufted Duck nesting in South Uist. Mr. D. 



Guthrie sent me one Shoveller's (Spatula clypeatd) egg taken for me 

 by him from a nest in South Uist this year in May. This is the first 

 record of actual nesting, though believed by him to have nested 

 before. Mr. D. Guthrie also sent me one egg of the Tufted Duck 

 (Fuligula cristata], taken by him for me from a nest in early summer. 

 This is also the first record of actual nesting there, though suspected 

 of nesting on more than one occasion by him previously. J. A. 

 HARVIE-BROWN. 



Forth Pied Lapwing. In September I received in the flesh 

 a rather handsome pied variety of the Lapwing in the year's plumage 

 shot at Inverardoch by the gamekeeper, Mr. Potts and sent it on 



