210 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



shot early in February. Dee Haddo, a pair nesting. Aberdeen, 

 Oct. 5, one shot. Toy Auchinblae, Dec. 20, two in Glen Woods. 

 Forth East Lothian, June 4, nested again this spring ; old birds 

 seen feeding young. Tweed Roxburgh, Aug. 22, young bird. 



IYNX TORQUILLA (Wryneck). 

 Shetland Unst, Sept. 2, a $ captured alive, Haroldswick. 



CORACIAS GARRULA (Roller). 



Tay Ballinluig, Oct. 13, one shot. 



CUCULUS CANORUS (Cuckoo). 



Shetland Unst, May 28, one. Moray Garve, May 16. Dee 

 Aberdeen, May 7, one. Tay -Perth, May 3, Craigend. Forth 

 Rosebery, April 24. Tweed Broughton and Cramilt, May 3. 

 Argyll and Isles Earraid, May 3, heard. Clyde Beith, April 26. 

 Solway Vale of Tarff, April 20, observer says "second latest date 

 in nineteen years." 



Earliest, Solway, April 20. 



STRIX FLAMMEA (Barn Owl). 



Solway March 1 4, a , dark phase, found under telegraph at 

 Lochanhead Station. 



Asio ACCIPITRINUS (Short-eared Owl). 



Tay Bell Rock, Sept. 6, one at light; Oct. 10, one on rock ; 

 Oct. 10, numerous, near Tentsmuir. Forth Burntisland, Oct. 13, 

 one. Isle of May, one, end of September. 



NYCTEA SCANDIACA (Snowy Owl). 



Shetland Unst, March 5, first seen ; haunted district for some 

 time. Dunrossness, April 23, one seen. Outer Hebrides Flannans, 

 Oct. 1 2, one, " first I have seen on Island." 



CIRCUS CYANEUS (Hen Harrier). 



Solway Kirkbean, old o shot last week of October. Tarff, 

 one shot early in November. 



ARCHIBUTEO LAGOPUS (Rough-legged Buzzard). 



Sutherland, etc. Caithness, Oct. 6, one; 23, old ? trapped; 

 30, adult $. Tay - - Forfarshire, Oct. 9. Forth Gorebridge, 

 Oct. 26; Lammermuirs, Oct. 31 ; Pentlands, many after middle of 



