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companion so accomplished a field naturalist. His know- 

 ledge of our birds is so good, and his power of observation 

 so keen, that nothing in the least worthy of interest escaped 

 him. Besides, his very much longer stay in Coigach afforded 

 him the means of visiting many spots unvisited by me, and 

 of gleaning many opportunities of acquiring information. 



THE BIRDS OF THE ISLAND OF BARRA 

 ADDITIONS AND NOTES. 



By JOHN MACRURY, M.B. 



IN order to bring up to date my list of the Birds of the 

 Island of Barra, which was published in the " Annals " in 

 1894, with a few Additions in January 1896, I have now 

 to add the following species which have since then been 

 observed in the Island, and I note them down in the order 

 in which they were met with : 



YELLOW BUNTING, Emberiza citrinella. On the i8th December 

 1895 a solitary bird was secured in my garden here. This is 

 the only one of the species I have ever seen on the island, and 

 I think its occurrence in the southern end of the Outer Hebrides 

 must be rather rare. 



BUFFON'S SKUA, Stercorarius parasiticus. Mr. William Macgillivray 

 identified a bird of this species flying over the sea at Eoligary 

 on the 1 2th May 1896. This Skua has been found in Ben- 

 becula and North Uist, but this is the first record from Barra. 



SWALLOW, Hirundo rustica. I found a nest with five eggs on the 

 1 5th of June 1896 : the first, I think, that has been found in 

 the island. 



MEALY REDPOLL, Acanthis linaria. On the 8th October 1896 

 Mr. Macgillivray secured a good specimen of the Mealy Red- 

 poll, which is now in his collection at Eoligary. The Lesser 

 Redpoll had been previously observed by myself and others on 

 the island, but not this species. 



NIGHT HERON, Nycticorax griseus. A young Night Heron was shot 

 on the 1 2th October 1896 at Northbay in this island by 

 Mr. C. V. A. Peel. The bird was afterwards seen in the flesh 

 by Mr. Eagle Clarke. Mr. Peel recorded the occurrence at the 

 time in the "Annals." 



