NOTES ON BIRDS SEEN IN THE OUTER HEBRIDES 85 



REDSHANK, Totanus calidris (Linnaeus). We saw a single bird in 

 South Uist in the beginning of June, and another near 

 Loch Maddy, North Uist, a little later in the same month. 



WHIMBREL, Numenins phceopits (Linnaeus). When we first landed 

 in Barra on i8th May there were quite a number of Whimbrel 

 on the west side of the island. They gradually passed away 

 northwards, and on 2 6th May, our last day on the island, we 

 only saw two or three. On the 3ist of May we saw three 

 on the north side of the Sound of Barra. 



COMMON TERN, Sterna fluviatilis, Naumann. A single example, 

 seen by Bahr in Loch Boisdale harbour, was the only Common 

 Tern we saw throughout the Outer Hebrides. 



LESSER TERN, Sterna minuta, Linnaeus. Mr. W. L. MacGillivray 

 told us that the Lesser Terns first appeared in Barra in the 

 summer of 1901, and nested there in 1902 and 1903, but 

 since then they have not returned. We visited one other 

 Hebridean nesting locality, but only saw about six pairs of 

 these birds. 



IvORY-GuLL, Pagophila eburnea (Phipps). Dr. Mackenzie, North 

 Uist, told me on 28th June that he had lately seen an Ivory- 

 Gull on his farm of Scolpig in that island. He said there 

 was no doubt about the identification as he was quite close to 

 the bird. 



FULMAR, Fulinariis glacialis (Linnaeus). The principal lightkeeper 

 at Barra Head informs me that he saw the first pair of Fulmars 

 there in 1899, but it was not till 1902 that he actually saw 

 eggs, though he adds that they may have nested there before 

 that date without his knowing. There are from eight to twelve 

 pairs breeding there now. 



EDINBURGH. 



ON A NEW BRITISH TERRESTRIAL ISOPOD. 



By ALEXANDER PATIENCE. 



TRICHONISCIDyE. 

 Genus TRICHONISCUS, Brandt, 1833. 

 Trichoniscus spinosus, n. sp. (Plate III.). 



Description of Species. Body oblong-oval in form, about 

 two and a half times as long as broad. Dorsal face convex 

 and closely covered with small spines directed backwards. 



