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shire ; and lastly, Mr. J. E. Harting records in the " Zoologist " that 

 Mr. Small of Edinburgh received two specimens from Banffshire. 

 I have no wish to dogmatise in this matter, but it seems neces- 

 sary to suspend an absolute refusal to admit the species as 

 having been found in the district until such time as the authori- 

 ties above mentioned are proved to have been mistaken. GEO. 

 SIM, Aberdeen. 



Harvest Mouse in Moray. Mr. W. Taylor's note in the 

 " Annals " for October last reminds me that in Mr. Harting's article 

 on the ' Harvest Mouse,' published in the "Zoologist " for November 

 1895, "Banffshire," on line 21 of page 419, should read "Berwick- 

 shire," as in my book on the " Mammals of the Edinburgh District," 

 from which Mr. Harting was quoting. This disposes of the second 

 " Banffshire " record cited in Harvie-Brown and Buckley's " Fauna 

 of the Moray Basin" (vol. ii. p. 287, footnote). WILLIAM EVANS, 

 Edinburgh. 



The Common Dolphin and the Bottle-nosed Dolphin in the 

 Moray Firth. On the i/}.th October last four Bottle-nosed Dolphins 

 (Tur siops tursio) were stranded and shot near Delny, Ross-shire. 

 The largest female measured as follows :- Total length, 9 feet; 

 breadth of tail, 2 feet; height of dorsal fin, ui- inches; length of 

 nipper, 15 inches; breadth of flipper, 6 inches. The skin was lead 

 coloured mottled with white on the dorsal surface, and all white on 

 the ventral surface. 



The skull measured : -Basal length, 19^ inches ; breadth behind 

 orbit, 10 inches; vertical height, 7 inches; length of rostrum, \\\ 

 inches. Teeth, |-|- and H ;/. The largest teeth were a quarter of an 

 inch in diameter. The younger animals had fewer teeth. 



The Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis] has been caught in 

 the Moray Firth two or three times within the past few years. 

 Provost Jenkins, Burghead, had a specimen in his yard last year 

 caught at Burghead. I have examined two skulls of this species, 

 one of which was found on the Elginshire coast. Both the above- 

 mentioned species are presumably new to this district, as no mention 

 is made of them in Messrs. Harvie-Brown and Buckley's " Vertebrate 

 Fauna of the Moray Basin."- WM. TAYLOR, Lhanbryde. 



Notes on the Birds of Carmiehael, etc. During the fine 

 weather prevailing at the end of October and the beginning of 

 November this district was visited by several birds, which, as a rule, 

 are not conspicuous here while on their autumn migrations. Red- 

 wings (Turdits iliacus\ in wild and restless bands, came daily 

 usually disappearing by mid-day from the 25111 October till the 

 second week of November, after which date only a few stragglers 

 have been observed. At the same time Larks (Alauda arvensis), 

 Goldcrests (Regit/us cristatus\ Creepers (Certhia familiaris], Wrens 



