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Warren, of Ballina, informs us that there has been a visitation 

 of this species to the N.\V. coast of Ireland. EDS.] 



Glaucous Gull (Larus glauats, Fabricius) in the Sol way. One 



of these fine gulls, in what I take to be the third winter's plumage, 

 was shot on Netherwood Merse, near the mouth of the Nith, in 

 Dumfriesshire, on 6th February. So far as I know, it is some six 

 or seven years since this species has been noted in "Solway." This 

 specimen is being mounted for the Observatory Museum. ROBERT 

 SERVICE, Maxwelltown. 



Great Crested Grebe (Colymbus cristatus, L.) in the Tay. A 



young male Great Crested Grebe was shot on the 2 ad of February, 

 on the estuary of the Tay, about six miles below Dundee. This 

 species is very rare on the Tay. W. A. BROWN, Dundee. 



Occurrences of Labrus mixtus, L., on the West Coast of 

 Sutherlandshire. A specimen of this fish was brought to me by a 

 fisherman in the month of September 1891, having been taken in 

 the bay of Lochinver, and was identified for me by Col. Drummond 

 Hay as the Labrus mixtus of Linnaeus, the Blue-Striped Wrasse of 

 Yarrell, or the Cook Wrasse of Fleming. During the same month, 

 while fishing with long lines for haddocks in about thirty fathoms, 

 close to the edge of the seaweed I took three more specimens, one, 

 however, varying considerably in colour. Having found no record 

 of this fish being taken on the west coast of Sutherlandshire, while, 

 according to the local fishermen, a few have been taken every 

 year for the last ten or twelve years, I think it of interest to record 

 this as a locality. The specimens taken coincide exactly with the 

 description given by Yarrell. The first specimen measured 10.7 

 inches in length and weighed half a pound, and was in good condi- 

 tion. The specimen, which varied in colour, coincided with Yarrell's 

 description, but was uniformly of an orange-red colour, darker on the 

 back, lighter on the belly. Yarrell mentions that this species varies 

 much in colour, and probably this was the same species. ARTHUR 

 BEVERIDGE, Lochinver. 



[This species has been recorded for Loch Carron, and for several 

 of the Hebrides. EDS.] 



Deilephila gain, Schiff, and Macroglossa bombyliformis, Orfi., 

 in Jura. It may interest your entomological readers to know that 

 both these species have occurred in Jura during the past five years. 

 I was much surprised to find the latter species just emerged from 

 the pupa ; and the former was captured by Miss Campbell, of Jura. 

 -HENRY EVANS, Jura Forest. 



Is Amphithopsis latipes, M. Sars, a Commensal ? I have 

 obtained this species, which is the Calliope ossiani and fingalli of Bate 

 and Westwood, in the Firth of Forth on two different occasions, and 

 several specimens were obtained each time. On both occasions 



