LIST OF RARER BIRDS IN THE VALLEY OF AYR 151 



PODICIPES AURITUS (Sclavonian Grebe). 

 Outer Hebrides --Kami, Oct. 13. Argyll and Isles Tiree, 



Oct. 26. 



OCEANODROMA LEUCORRHOA (Fork-tailed Petrel). 



Outer Hebrides One found dead, Barra, Sept. 28. 



A LIST OF SOME OF THE RARER BIRDS FOUND 

 IN THE UPPER REACHES OF THE VALLEY 

 OF THE AYR. 



By ARCHIBALD FAIRBAIRN. 



GOLDEN EYE, Clangula glaucion. Early in the spring 

 of the year 1888 I found a female specimen of this bird 

 dead on the lower reservoir, Glenbuck. This is the only 

 one I have observed in the locality. 



GOOSANDER, Mergus merganser. On loth March 1891 

 I observed a specimen flying towards the east at a very low 

 elevation. The weather was cold at the time, snow had 

 fallen, and a sharp frost had set in. 



LITTLE GREBE, Podicipes fluviatilis. I shot on i5th 

 January 1892 an example of this little diver on the river Ayr. 

 It proved to be a female, and the first and only one that has 

 been observed by me here. 



GREAT GRAY SHRIKE, Lanius excubitor. On the 29th 

 February 1892 I shot a female specimen of this bird at 

 Glenbuck reservoir among some willow bushes. This speci- 

 men, which is in my collection, has only one white bar on 

 the wing, and it may also be interesting to add that the 

 stomach contained a Short-tailed Field Mouse. 



REDSTART, Rutidlla phcenicurus. On the i5th April 

 1892 a male in full breeding plumage was observed near 

 the river Ayr, and was the first I had noticed in the 

 locality. Since then I have seen only one other bird of the 

 species, also a male. It seems strange that this bird should 



