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Pintails on a loch in Fifeshire ; this latter pair may have broken off 

 from the main colony on Loch Leven. ROBERT GODFREY, Edin- 

 burgh. 



Black Terns on the Tay. Two specimens of the Black Tern 

 (Hydrochelidon nigra) were obtained on the Tay near Mugdrum 

 island at the end of September 1901. One of these was acquired 

 for the Perth Museum. ALEXANDER M. RODGER, Perth. 



lameness of the Iceland Gull in Mull. - - 1 had the unique 

 experience of feeding Iceland Gulls (Larus leucoptcrus] in front of 

 my house on the 2nd of February last. I had put down some food 

 for the Thrushes, Blackbirds, etc., when some Black-headed Gulls 

 espied it. The screechings and scramblings of these birds drew 

 around a number of other Gulls from the bay, and among others 

 two Iceland Gulls came on the scene, and were most confiding, and 

 came within five yards of where I was standing. There are at 

 least four of these Gulls in the bay at the present time, all in 

 immature plumage, and were first noted on the 2yth of February. 

 D. MACDONALD, Tobermory. 



Black Adder in Kineardineshire. On 2oth May 1900 I had 

 brought to me a living Black Adder which was taken on the moors 

 a little to the north of the village of Auchinblae. It measured 

 about two feet in length, and was black all over, and the darkest 

 one I have ever seen, although not the first of a black colour. 

 These Black Adders are very scarce here. I have only seen two 

 or three. JOHN MILNE, Auchinblae. 



Bass on the West Coast of Inverness-shire. A Bass (Labrax 

 lupus}, estimated to weigh \\ lb., was taken by my friend Mr. Alex. 

 Grant on a small salmon fly while fishing in the tidal water at the 

 mouth of the Arbort River on the i6th of July last. This is 

 a rare fish so far north, and the occurrence is worthy of record. 

 The specimen is now in my possession. J. A. HARVIE-BROWN. 



Capnia atra, Morton, in Inverness-shire. When passing Loch 

 Eunaich on his way up the Cairngorms on 29th March last, after 

 a heavy snowstorm, Mr. H. Raeburn was surprised to see a black 

 fly in countless thousands crawling on the snow by the loch-side ; 

 and, knowing my interest in matters entomological, he kindly 

 secured a few specimens for me. On opening the packet I found, 

 as I anticipated, from having previously heard the facts, a species of 

 Perlidcc, so I submitted them to Mr. Morton, to whom I am 

 indebted for their identification and much interesting information 

 regarding the species and its allies. He has examples taken at 

 Loch Rannoch in the beginning of April, but the Loch Eunaich 

 insects differ from these in having much shorter wings, a suggestive 

 fact when the stormy nature of the weather they must frequently 

 experience on their emergence from the water in such a wild 



