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and flights. I hear of them nesting on the cliffs of Dunnet Head, 

 Caithness, and on 251)1 July Mr. John Pedder saw one which was 

 in near proximity to Isle Ornsay (Skye). This is a new note since 

 the issue of the " Fauna of N.W. Highlands and Skye," and worthy 

 of record. J. A. HARVIE-BROWN. 



Fulmar Petrels at Whalsay and Yell, Shetland. On the 

 afternoon of 3ist May I went to the Head of Clett along with Mr. 

 Bruce of Symbister, as it was reported that the Fulmar Petrels 

 (Fulmarus glacialis) were building there. We made careful observa- 

 tions, but failed at first to see any, and were just going away when 

 I observed one coming over the brow of the cliff, and a little later 

 watched a pair for a long time flying between the sides of a large 

 "gio," where their nest was probably situated. On inquiring I found 

 that the Fulmar had begun building on the north-east of the island, 

 but their nests had been destroyed there. Captain Johnson of the 

 s.s. Earl of Zetland, told me that last year a pair built on the, 

 " Horse " of Bunavor, Yell, and this season there is quite a large 

 colony. JOHN S. TULLOCH, Lerwick. 



Sirex juveneus in Nairnshire. A specimen of the "wood 

 wasp" (Sirex juveneus] was found at Nairn on i5th September last 

 by Mrs. Grant, Drumalan, Drumnadrochit. It was captured on the 

 grass in front of the house. HENRY H. BROWN, Cupar-Fife. 



Oneomyia sundevalli (Ztf.), etc., from Arran. -- During 

 September 1903, and in the same month of the present year, I spent 

 a fortnight at Whiting Bay, Arran, and collected Diptera, of which a 

 few of the more notable are here recorded : 



Scatopse flavicollis, Mg. About a dozen fell into the net on 

 shaking a dead larch branch. Moist wood, north of road between 

 King's Cross and Lamlash, ix. '03. 



Bibio davipes, Mg. $ and ? in cop. ix. '03. 



Orphnephila testacea, Ruthe. A single male at Knockankelly, 

 window of house, ix. '06. Identified by Mr. Grimshaw. 



Oneomyia sundevalli, Ztt. ? This interesting species was first 

 taken in Britain by Mr. Bowhill in August 1904 (see "Ann. Scot. 

 Nat. Hist." October 1904, Grimshaw). My specimen taken from 

 scabious flowers by sweeping seemed referable only to this species, 

 and Mr. Grimshaw agrees in this identification. It should be noted 

 that the black dorsal stripe of the c? is represented in the 9 by 

 indefinite dark reflections on an ashy grey ground. The genitalia 

 in the $ also are large and prominent, but in the <$ much less 

 distinct. Loc. Knockankelly. 



Hccmatobia stinntlans, Mg. $ taken by sweeping, Knockan- 

 kelly, ix. '03. I also took two 9 $ from a cow, ix. '06. They are 

 enormously swollen with blood. 



