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ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



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Strigidce (Owls). 



Short-eared Owl (A. accipitrimts) seen flying at 

 Sumburgh Head in September. 



Snowy Owl (Nyctaa scandiaca) seen flying south 

 over Loch Spiggie, Oct. 28. 



N. Ronaldshay. Long-eared Owl (Asio oti/s), 

 male, shot Nov. 24. 



A. accipitrimts, Dec. 2, 3 ; one killed, one seen. 



Nyctcca scandiaca, seen Nov. 2. 



Scops owl (Scops giu\ one taken at the Light- 

 house, June 2 : the first record of this owl for 

 Orkney. 



Circus cyaneus (Hen Harrier). 



Hen Harrier, a male seen July 16; generally 

 seen in September. 



Ardea cinerea (Common Heron). 



. Visits Dunrossness in small parties in autumn. 



First seen Sept. i. 



N. Ronaldshay, in small numbers every year, 

 generally appearing early in August. 



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- Wild Geese. 



"Wild Geese"; July 4, 

 Brent Geese (B. brentd) 



Dunrossness, Oct. 10, one Greylag on Loch 



Spiggie. 

 Bernicle Geese (B. leucopsis) on migration, in 



numbers Oct. 6 and succeeding few days ; 



wind N.E. 

 N. Ronaldshay, Oct. 7, three Greylag, N.W. 



gale; Oct. 10, 



two Gray Geese. 



fairly plentiful during winter of 1891-92. 

 Pink-footed Geese (Anser brachyrhynchus], 



Newport, Fife, April 29. Flock of ten, 



Sept. 19 ; "earliest date I have known here." 

 Barra Head, Oct. 17, about 150 Bernicle 



Geese flying south ; wind N. I. Ghlas, May 



3, flock of 29 "Wild Geese," flying north. 

 ARGYLL AND ISLES Tiree, "Wild Geese" left April 30, in flock of 



150, going north, and returned Oct. 7, three 



weeks earlier than usual ; strong N. wind. 



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