202 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



T. CANESCENS (Greenshank). Kilchattan Bay, Bute (i), on 2nd 

 April; Sule Skerry, one killed at light, ijth; Balgray (E. 

 Renfrew), first appeared igth August, and last seen 2gth 

 October; Sule Skerry, one on igth September. 



LIMOSA LAPPONICA (Bar-tailed Godwit). Fairlie (Ayr), 2nd January 

 (i); Aberlady Bay, 22nd July, fifteen, three practically still in 

 summer plumage, the others partially so (Evans); i5th and 

 2ist August, flocks at the Eden (Fife). 



L. BELGICA (Black-tailed Godwit). One at Ythan Estuary on i2th 

 September ("Zoologist," 1905, p. 466). 



NUMENIUS ARQUATA (Common Curlew). Some at Blackwood 

 (Lanark) by 22nd February. Auchinblae, on breeding ground, 

 on 28th March. Nesting place of this species and one 

 egg found in Fife on ist May. The egg was on the bare 

 ground. On returning on xoth full clutch of eggs found and 

 nicely made nest of dry grass. Unusual numbers observed in 

 autumn in Fife. Passing S.W. over Glasgow, 2oth September. 

 Fairly numerous in passage in first week of September at Fair 

 Isle (p. 77). 



N. PH^EOPUS (Whimbrel). Reports of appearance are general in 

 May between 7th and iSth. Aberlady Bay, 22nd July (3) 

 (Evans); Crail, i6th August (4); Eden, 2ist August, a good 

 many. Single birds at Fair Isle at passage on 4th, iith, and 

 1 5th September (p. 77). Five or six pairs resident at St. 

 Kilda ("A.S.N.H.," 1905, p. 202). 



STERNA CANTIACA (Sandwich Tern). North Berwick, 3oth April ; 

 Elie, 1 6th May, one or two ; small numbers in East Fife till 

 1 6th September, and one at Crail, 2nd October. Dalmeny, 

 4th November, one ("Zoologist," 1905, p. 465). 



S. FLUVIATILIS (Common Tern). Largo Bay, 2ist April, lots, and 

 large flocks at Bell Rock, 6th and 27th May, and indeed 

 " terns " generally reported round the coasts in May (i 3th at 

 Auskerry, being ten days earlier than last year). Lerwick, 

 "terns" disappeared i5th September, and left Sule Skerry, 

 2oth August. 



S. MACRURA (Arctic Tern). Flocks appeared at Lerwick on 28th 

 May, three days later than last year. 



S. MINUTA (Little Tern). Numerous at Elliot, Arbroath district, on 

 1 4th May. 



XEMA SABINII (Sabine's Gull). Skerryvore, loth February, one 

 (immature). 



LARUS MINUTUS (Little Gull). Dunbar, 2oth January, one, immature, 

 shot ("A.S.N.H.," 1905, p. 119). 



