ZOOLOGICAL NOTES 55 



Ruff ( Machetes fugnax) in East Renfrewshire. We have had 

 something of the nature of an invasion of this species this autumn. 

 First seen 3ist August; as many as eight were seen on 29th 

 September (seven at Lyoncross Dam and one at Balgray), the 

 last being observed on October 5th. In the list of Birds of the Clyde 

 area, in the recently published " British Association Handbook," 

 this species is described as rather rare, " only about ten occurrences 

 known to the writer."- -JOHN PATERSON and JOHN ROBINSON, 

 Glasgow. 



Green Sandpiper in the Outer Hebrides. Mr. Macculloch, 

 taxidermist, Glasgow, received a Green Sandpiper during the past 

 autumn from South Uist for preservation. The specimen was 

 exhibited at a meeting of the Glasgow Natural History Society. 

 J. MAcRuRY. [This species is an addition to the fauna of the 

 Outer Hebrides. EDS.] 



Striped Wrasse off Caithness Coast. A'specimen of this some- 

 what uncommon species in Scottish seas was taken on a long line, 

 in twenty fathoms of water, and on rocky ground, a mile and a-half 

 off Lybster harbour, in November last. This example of Labrus 

 mixtus was twelve inches in length, and weighed fifteen ounces. 

 It was very brilliant in its coloration, the upper parts being 

 reddish-brown washed with olive, and striped and mottled with bright 

 ultramarine ; the under surface carmine. The specimen is now in 

 the collections in the Museum of Science and Art, Edinburgh. 

 RICHARD LILLIE, Edinburgh. 



Yarrell's Blenny on the Beach at Portobello. On i4th 

 November last I found a Yarrell's Blenny (Carelophus ascanit), 4.5 

 inches long, among rejectamenta at the west end of Portobello 

 beach. A fierce gale, it will be remembered, blew from north-east 

 on 1 2th and i3th. I am not aware of any previous record of the 

 occurrence of this fish so far up the Firth of Forth. WILLIAM 

 EVANS, Edinburgh. 



Porbeagle Shark in Clyde Waters. It is quite a mistake to 

 say ("Annals of Scottish Natural History," 1901, p. 237) that the 

 Porbeagle is " extremely rare in Clyde waters." I have found it to 

 be not infrequent in the Firth and surrounding lochs ; indeed, there 

 is scarcely a season but one is reported from some part of the 

 district. There are two in the Kelvingrove Museum, Glasgow one 

 from Blairmore, caught in a net on the 8th October 1880, and 

 another from the Firth, the exact locality not being given, but as it 

 came with fish from the same locality, no doubt it was taken in the 

 neighbourhood. This last individual was caught in June 1882. 

 Several others have been from time to time offered to the Museum 

 from various parts on the coast. -J. MACNAUGHT CAMPBELL, 

 Glasgow. 



