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one of the party, Mr. Mackenzie of Carradale, and examined by me. 

 On the following day another was heard and seen by myself. On 

 making inquiries, Colonel Brinckman informed me that two of these 

 birds had been killed the year previously (1903) one on 5th January 

 at Stonefield, and another the next day at Escart, both were 

 recorded in his game book. I believe the above are the first 

 undoubted records of Jays in Argyllshire, and it is much to be 

 regretted that they were destroyed. HEATLEY NOBLE, Temple 

 Combe, Henley-on-Thames. 



Hawfinch in East Lothian. An adult female Hawfinch (Cocco- 

 thraustes vulgaris) was found dead starved in Tyninghame Garden 

 during the third week of February last. CHRIST. C. TUNNARD, 

 Tyninghame. 



[This record is of considerable interest, and, when taken in con- 

 junction with the information contained in Mr. Berry's communica- 

 tion in the last number of the " Annals," warrants us in concluding 

 that this species is now a colonist in south-east Scotland. EDS.] 



White Wagtail at Peterhead. After careful observing, I have 

 at last noted the White Wagtail (Motacilla alba) in this district. 

 Perhaps nowhere in Scotland are Pied Wagtails more abundant 

 during August than around Peterhead. Often as I had gone out to 

 examine the birds, it was not till the early morning of the 27th 

 August that I observed a few White Wagtails among the rocks in the 

 South Bay. They had been noted previously on the east coast on 

 the shores of the Forth. WILLIAM SERLE, Duddingston. 



Late Stay of the Swift at Duddingston. The Swifts stayed 

 with us an abnormally long time in the past season. On the 5th 

 August there were many more flying around the church tower than 

 are usually seen then, and up till the 1 2th I saw them common 

 enough. I was till the end of the month absent from Duddingston, 

 but on my return on the 3oth there were several pairs flying high in 

 the air, while over the loch Hirundo rustica and urlrica were very 

 abundant ; and these several pairs of Swifts I had a look at daily up 

 till the zoth day of September. WILLIAM SERLE, Duddingston. 



King-fishers in Argyllshire. Those birds have been often 

 noticed by Mr. Mackenzie on the river Carradale, and Colonel 

 Brook informs me he saw one on the shores of West Loch Tarbert 

 in October 1903. HEATLEY NOBLE, Temple Combe, Henley-on- 

 Thames. 



Great Spotted Woodpecker in Roxburghshire. In connection 

 with the notes on the recent extension of this bird's distribution in 

 south-east Scotland, I should like to record the occurrence of a 

 young bird near the village of Roxburgh, which was caught on 22nd 

 August. After examining the bird and taking particular notice of 

 the red head and the short bill indications of immaturity I set it 



