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night, but was found dead in the morning. On examination bruises 

 were found from which it appeared the bird had met with some 

 accident. It was a young male bird, and in fairly good condition. 

 The Wryneck, on migration, was reported from Shetland on ist 

 September last year. THOMAS BERWICK CLARKE. 



Greenland Falcons in Scotland and Ireland. I am duly 

 interested in the account of Greenland Falcons in Ireland by 

 Mr. Williams ("Irish Nat." October 1905, p. 201). 



Undoubtedly the principal line of their migration flight is down 

 along i.e. N. to S.- from Butt of Lewis to Ireland. But they 

 seem to strike the Outer Hebridean coast more frequently about the 

 centre of the group, and pass southwards, and turn up at Barra and 

 Mingulay more frequently (so far as our records show) than north 

 of the Sound of Harris. 



On the other hand, Snowy Owls appear more frequently in 

 Shetland and Orkney and in the extreme north of Lewis or the Outer 

 Hebrides than they do south of the Sound of Harris. 



I possess two magnificent specimens of the Greenland Falcon- 

 one presented to me years ago by Mrs. MacGillivray of Barra (Outer 

 Hebrides), and one of a later date presented to me in the flesh by 

 Mr. Finlayson, obtained in Mingulay (Outer Hebrides). These 

 have been beautifully cased by Mr. Kirke, our talented taxidermist, 

 of Glasgow. They have been duly recorded by me already. 



Whereas the visitations of the Greenland Falcon appear to be 

 only at intervals of years to the west coast of Ireland (op. cit. p. 202), 

 I believe they are much oftener visitants to the Outer Hebrides. 



Possibly in "course of time" their visits may become more 

 frequent and regular to Ireland. 



Nevertheless, I do not say that we can give records of as many 

 individuals as have occurred in Ireland (loc. cit. p. 203, and quoting 

 Mr. Ussher, " Birds of Ireland "). Their occurrences in Ireland, 

 however, seem to possess more of the character of a rush (like 

 Pallas Sand Grouse) than of any approach to a steady or regular 

 influx. J. A. HARVIE-BROWN. 



Dotterel in Forth Area. On the evening of 24th April a 

 Dotterel (Endronilas morinellus) in immature plumage struck a wire 

 at Pinkie, and was picked up by Master Jack Lyall, who presented 

 the specimen to the Royal Scottish Museum. On i3th May 

 another male Dotterel was found dead beside a barbed wire fence 

 near Denny, Stirlingshire. This species has not been recorded for 

 Stirlingshire since the days of the old statistical account. J. A. 

 HARVIE-BROWN and W. EAGLE CLARKE. 



Woodcock Nesting in Shetland. In May last Mr. Tomlinson 

 of Musselburgh and I saw a Woodcock (Scolopax rustled) near 

 Collafirth, which was evidently brooding, but we failed to find either 

 the nest or young. On the 3rd of August I went to Uyea with my 



