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Gull in "Clyde," says (in lit. igth October 1897): "I have fre- 

 quently seen what I took to be the same little gulls before, but 

 never got hold of one until the 22nd ult." The present is, however, 

 the first record, with proof, of its occurrence in " Clyde." Dr. 

 Fullarton has had great pleasure in concurring in my proposal to 

 present the bird to the Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art. 

 JOHN PATERSON, Glasgow. 



Great Northern Diver at St. Abb's Head. A female Great 

 Northern Diver (Coly mints gladalis) in full summer plumage was 

 captured in the salmon-nets at St. Abb's Head on the 22nd of May 

 last, and was found on dissection to contain well-developed eggs. 

 CHARLES KIRK, Glasgow. 



Leaeh's Petrel and Little Auk in Moray. On the day following 

 the heavy north-east gale of the 28th of November last, a Leach's 

 Petrel (Cymochorea leucorrhoa) was found dead on Cluny Hill, 

 Forres, and a Little Auk (Mergulus alle) was picked up alive on 

 Findhorn shore. JAMES BROWN, Forres. 



Germon in the Solway Firth. A specimen of the Germon or 

 Long-finned Tunny (Orcanus germo) was caught alive on the sand 

 near Silloth on the 2 5th of October 1897. I was away from home, 

 and therefore the captor of the fish eventually buried it. On my 

 return I dug it up and compared it with the plates in Couch 

 and Day's " British Fishes." It measured 38 inches in length 

 from the tip of the nose to the centre of the tail, and 27^ inches in 

 girth. The pectoral fin measures 16 inches. H. A. MACPHERSON, 

 Silloth. 



Scad in the Solway Firth. A specimen of the Scad, or Horse 

 Mackerel (Caranx trachurus) was found stranded on the sand near 

 Silloth on nth December, and was sent to me for identification as 

 a strange fish. Although this species is often very numerous in 

 British waters, I believe that it is a scarce visitor to the Solway 

 Firth. Neither I, nor the fisherman who sent me the present 

 specimen, had met with local specimens previously. H. A. MAC- 

 PHERSON, Allonby Vicarage, Cumberland. 



Scabbard Fish in Scottish Waters. A female Lepidopus 

 caudatus, 2 feet 2 inches long, was caught by line off Barra Head 

 and brought into Aberdeen market on igth November last. 

 Through the kindness of Mr. William Men", fish-salesman, it is now 

 in my possession. Up to the date of publication of Day's " History 

 of British and Irish Fishes" there was no record of this fish for 

 Scotland, only eleven for England, and one for Ireland. Couch 

 says in his " British Fishes " " that the ventral fins are represented 

 only by a pair of movable scales ; whilst the third takes the position 

 of the anus." Day remarks : " Ventrals in the form of a pair of 

 scales situated below the middle of the pectoral. . . . Anus situated 



