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sented the specimen to the collection of British Birds in the Museum 

 of Science and Art, Edinburgh. On examination I found the bird to 

 be an adult female, in perfectly fresh condition. 



It may be remembered that in this magazine ("Annals," 1894, 

 pp. 195-197) I recorded the capture, on the 3rd of August 1894, of 

 a young bird only a few weeks old from this very place. This bird, 

 too, I saw in the flesh ; and it was presented to the Museum by 

 Mr. Dundas. The rediscovery of this species at Arniston is a fact 

 of extreme interest ; and, when considered in conjunction with the 

 young bird's occurrence (in the same grounds), there can, I think, 

 be little doubt that the Hawfinch is now a resident species in 

 Scotland. Prior to the first Arniston capture, the Hawfinch was 

 only to be regarded as a rare winter visitor to Scotland, very few 

 instances of its occurrence having been recorded, all for that season. 



Mr. Dundas remarks that no other examples have been seen. 

 That this should be so is not surprising when one remembers the 

 shy nature and retiring habits of this species. WM. EAGLE CLARKE, 

 Museum of Science and Art, Edinburgh. 



Goldfinch in Caithness. On the 4th of March I saw a Gold- 

 finch at Berriedale in Caithness. As this bird is considered a very 

 rare species by Messrs. Harvie-Brown and Buckley in their " Fauna 

 of Sutherland and Caithness," the occurrence may be worth placing 

 on record. JOHN GODFREY, Edinburgh. 



Goldfinch in Mid-Perth. Mr. R. Ramsay, late schoolmaster 

 Fearnan, Loch Tay, tells me that in January 1897 he watched a 

 flock of eight or nine goldfinches (Carditelis elegans) feeding on knap- 

 weed by the roadside immediately to the west of Fearnan. WILLIAM 

 EVANS, Edinburgh. 



Chiffehaff, Wood Wren, and Black -throated Diver in East 

 Renfrewshire. In our ' List of the Birds of East Renfrewshire ' 

 ("Annals," October 1895) we were unable to include the Chiffehaff 

 (P/iylloscopus rufits) and Wood Wren (P. sibilatrix] as breeding 

 species. Last summer (1897) both nested in a small wood at 

 Giffnock. An immature Black-throated Diver {Colymbus arcticiis] 

 shot on Balgray Dam, Mearns, on 2oth December last, is an 

 addition to our list. JOHN PATERSON and JOHN ROBERTSON, 

 Glasgow. 



Waxwing 1 in Ayrshire. Several notices of occurrences of the 

 Waxwing (Ampelis garruhts) in Scotland this winter having already 

 appeared, it may be of interest to point out that in the Natural 

 History Notes by the Rev. D. Landsborough in the " Kilmarnock 

 Standard" of 22nd January last a female is recorded as having been 

 " shot a fortnight ago near to Riccarton Moss ... it was accom- 

 panied by another."- -JOHN PATERSON, Glasgow. 



