202 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



HOUSE MARTIN (Ckelidon nrbicd). One noted on the evening of 

 i yth June, and another a week later. 



WHITE WAGTAIL (Motadlla alba}. On the 24th June one was seen 

 at the bottom of the glen among stones in the burn channel. 



SNIPE (Gallinago coelestis). Heard drumming on upper slopes of 

 Mullach Mor on i4th June. 



DUNLIN (Tringa alpiiia). Heard near Ruaval on i3th June. 



WHIMBREL (Niimenius phceopus). -Seen singly and in pairs, also 

 heard often during week ending i;th June in various places 

 from the glen to Village Bay. Latterly I took daily note of 

 this species in the marsh and on the foreshore near it. One 

 collector told me he had taken and sold the eggs. About five 

 or six pairs were resident this summer. Reported as common 

 on migration. 



LAPWING (Vanellus vulgaris). On igth June I saw one at Ruaval, 

 fighting with a Hooded Crow. It disappeared over Dun. 

 Shortly afterwards another was seen on ridge farther N.E. 



HERON (Ardea tinerea). Noted in flight from Dun. Going in S.E. 

 direction to Uist on 2yth June. 



GREAT SHEARWATER (Puffinus gran's). On the 5th July one was 

 floating dead behind Dun ; on the 8th another in same locality, 

 rather more decomposed than the first. Mr. Godfrey measured 

 this example and found its length to be 20 ins. 



COMMON GULL (Larus ca/n/s) and CORMORANT (Phalacrocorax 

 carbo). Were never seen. 



MEADOW PIPIT (Anthus pratensis, L.). I do not think this bird breeds 

 on St. Kilda. On Mullach Mor some suspicious-looking Pipits 

 were observed on the 8th July, but after procuring one Mr. 

 Godfrey had no hesitation in determining it as a Rock Pipit 

 (A. obscurus). It was somewhat lighter on the breast. 



On a ledge of the cliff on N.E., I one day found two casts 

 containing mouse fur and the elytra of beetles (Carabus, sp.). 

 They reminded me strongly of the Kestrel (F. tinnunculus), to 

 which they were probably due unless some of the gulls in Hirta 

 have taken to a coleopterous diet. Considering the abundance 

 of other food this is unlikely. 



EDINBURGH. 



