NOTES ON THE BIRDS OF ST. KILDA 153 



it breeds in holes the breeding birds generally escape. 

 Hundreds of them are caught in this way for every one of 

 any other species. There is more variety in their plumage 

 than in that of any other species. Many of them are speckled 

 and some almost white, and the natives account for it by 

 saying that they are those which escape when half plucked. 



The BLACK GUILLEMOT [ Uria grylle\ is of no value and 

 not very numerous. In their habits these birds resemble 

 the Cormorants. They lay one or two eggs in cracks of 

 the rock just beyond the reach of the waves. Most of them 

 leave as soon as the young are fledged. 



Of the CORMORANTS \Phalacrocorax\ there are two 

 species. They are not very numerous, and they are of no 

 value. They lay three or four eggs. The nest is not 

 generally far from the sea, and is made of withered grass in 

 dark, lonely caves and deep cracks of the rocks. On a 

 stormy day they all go to the lee side of the island, flying 

 very high as they change sides. 



The OYSTER-CATCHER \Hcematopus ostralegus\ arrives in 

 February. At first they go about in small flocks, but as 

 the season advances pair. They lay three eggs, and as 

 soon as the young are fully fledged depart. A few remain 

 all winter, sometimes only one or two. They are at no time 

 numerous. 



KENMORE, PERTHSHIRE. 



LEPIDOPTERA FROM THE EDINBURGH (OR 

 FORTH) DISTRICT: FURTHER RECORDS. 



By WILLIAM EVANS, F.R.S.E. 



IN April 1897 a long series of records of Lepidoptera taken 

 by me in this District was published in this Magazine (vol. 

 vi. pp. 89-110). Since then I have added largely to my 

 data, but the great majority of the additional material 

 concerns species already recorded in the paper referred to. 

 A considerable number of additional species, including six 

 believed to be new to the Scottish list, have, however, been 

 met with ; and it is the purpose of the present communica- 



