ZOOLOGICAL NOTES 55 



The Ruby-crowned Wren in Lat. 53.24 N., Long-. 30.15 W. 



The Anchor Line s.s. " Furnessia " left New York bound for Glasgow 

 on 24th October 1903. On the 3ist idem in Lat. 53.24 N., Long. 

 30.15 W. a Ruby-crowned Wren (Regulus calendula] alighted on 

 board. It died on the following day, and its skin was handed to 

 me, on the arrival of the steamer, by Purser Bruce. Gales and 

 squally weather had been experienced on the passage. The prevail- 

 ing winds were on 24th October N.N.W., 25th N.E., 26th N.W., 

 27th W., 28th W.S.W. and S.S.W., 2 gth S.S.W. and N.E., 3 oth 

 S.W., 3131 S.W. and W.S.W. It will be remembered that the late 

 Dr. Dewar had an example of this species which he was said to have 

 shot on Loch Lomondside, but which remained unidentified until 

 recognised in his collection by Robert Gray some years later ! The 

 interest of the present record rests on this tiny American species 

 reaching, on ist November 1903, a point between say five and six 

 hundred miles off the coast of Ireland. JOHN PATERSON, Glasgow. 



Black Redstart in Moray. I shot a young male Black Redstart 

 (Ruticilla titys) on the moor between Fochabers and Keith on 3oth 

 October. It was hopping about among the thin bleached stumps 

 of a young pine wood that was burnt many years ago but has now 

 grown up with heather. Mr. Harvie-Brown mentions the bird as of 

 " doubtful record " in his Fauna of Moray. GEORGE C. MUIRHEAD, 

 Fochabers. 



Kingfisher on Loch Leven, Argyllshire. On the 4th November 

 I saw a Kingfisher (Alcedo ispida) flying along the shore of Loch 

 Leven, between the slate quarries and Ballachulish Ferry. I have 

 known Glencoe intimately for over thirty years, but never saw or 

 heard of a Kingfisher occurring there. CHAS. H. ALSTON. 



Roller, Glossy Ibis, and Spotted Crake in Perthshire.- 



Examples of these somewhat rare visitors to Scotland have been 

 obtained in Perthshire during the past autumn, and were exhibited 

 at a recent meeting of the Society of Natural Science in Perth. 

 The Roller ( Co ratio, s garrulus], near Ballinluig on the i3th October; 

 the Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus}, was shot on the Earn in the 

 neighbourhood of Perth on the 1 8th of October ; and the Spotted 

 Crake (Porzana maruettd), at Murthly on the 2nd November. 

 The birds are now exhibited in the Museum of Natural History. 

 T. G. LAIDLAW, Perth. 



Rough-legged Buzzard in the Outer Hebrides. A Rough- 

 legged Buzzard (Archibuteo lagopus} was trapped in N. Uist in the 

 past autumn. This is the third I have known in N. Uist : (i) One 

 that frequented Loch Maddy for several days 12 or 13 years ago ; 



(2) one I saw on Ben Ebhal, and now belonging to Archy M'Lellan ; 



(3) the one now recorded. ANDREW M'ELFRISH, Loch Maddy. 



