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of the "Annals" (ante, p. 52), I may mention that a male 

 (apparently immature) was found lying dead in a garden in Abbots- 

 ford Crescent, Edinburgh, on the morning of 26th November. 

 WILLIAM EVANS, Edinburgh. 



Great Spotted Woodpecker in Argyllshire. A specimen of 

 Dendrocopus major was shot in the coverts at Inverawe, Taynuilt, 

 on the i yth of January last. It is a rare visitor in the west, and 

 I have not had one sent to me during the past fourteen years. 

 C. H. BISSHOPP. 



The occurrence of Tengmalm's Owl in Shetland. - - On 



5th November 1901 a fine female specimen of this rare visitor 

 was shot in Shetland. The bird was first observed sitting under 

 the shelter of a tuft of grass on a bleak hillside near a loch in the 

 parish of Sandsting. When disturbed it took flight, but alighted 

 about one hundred yards off, when it was again approached and 

 shot. Possibly the strong north-east winds which prevailed here a 

 week before it was discovered had something to do with its 

 appearance in our Islands. The bird was given to Captain 

 Ridland in the first instance, but on my informing him of its rarity he 

 was led to present it to the collections in the Edinburgh Museum 

 of Science and Art, where the specimen may now be seen. 

 ALEXANDER INKSTER, Reawick, Shetland. 



[Tengmalm's Owl is an interesting addition to the fauna of the 

 Shetland Islands. As a rare visitor from Northern Europe, this 

 species has only on two previous occasions been detected in 

 Scotland, although over a score have from time to time been 

 obtained in England, chiefly in the north-eastern counties. EDS.] 



The Little Owl in Kincardineshire. On ist February a female 

 Little Owl {Athene noctua] was shot at Blairs while hawking about 

 in mid-day. It measured, from point of beak to tip of tail, 8| 

 inches. Expanse of wings 18 inches, and the closed wings fell 

 half an inch short of the tail. Eyes bright straw-yellow. The bird 

 was in excellent condition, and its stomach contained the beak and 

 some other portions of a starling. At the publication of the last 

 edition of Saunders's "Manual" in 1899 there was no record of 

 this species for Scotland ; and I am not aware of any occurrence 

 since. GEORGE SIM, Aberdeen. 



The Black Kite in the Peterhead Museum. In the " Annals " 

 for 1901, p. 133, the Editors say, " \Ve are informed that the 

 Peterhead Museum has recently acquired a specimen of this bird 

 from a local source. If this is a Scottish example we shall be glad 

 to have full particulars." I am able to say that this example is not 

 from a local source. It was sent as a dried skin from Bath to the 

 person who sold it to the Museum. It is but fair to add that he did 

 not represent it as a locally killed example. GEORGE SIM, Aberdeen. 



