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keeper, also reports hvo at Monach on April 7, 1888, and expressed 

 himself as " very much astonished at their appearing there." 



CHAFFINCH (Fringilla ccelebs), p. 62. The Chaffinch, as yet, has 

 only been recorded as a migrant in Barra (auct. Dr. M'Rury, 1894). 

 Sir J. Campbell Orde also adds a locality of its appearances, viz. 

 North Uist ("Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist." 1893, P- 5 2 7)- A distinct 

 increase of this bird is observable around Stornoway, as I am 

 informed by Mr. D. Mackenzie. 



BRAMBLING (Fringilla montifringilld}, p. 62. Added to the 

 Fauna of the Outer Hebrides. More or less of these birds are 

 reported from Flannan Isles on November 15, 1901. This appears 

 to be our first actual record so far west, and the first obtained 

 definitely from the Outer Hebrides, unless we accept the general 

 statement of the late Dr. J. D. Fergusson ("Fauna of the Outer 

 Hebrides," p. 247). 



COMMON LINNET (Linota linaria), p. 63. This has hitherto 

 been bracketed in " Fauna of the Outer Hebrides." Mr. W. L. 

 MacGillivray records "a pair of Linnets shot in May 1894," i.e. 

 since Dr. M'Rury left there, and adds : " These birds have not 

 been seen since in the island." 



LESSER REDPOLL (Linota rufescens], p. 63. Added to the birds 

 of Barra by Dr. M'Rury, on the authority of Mr. Murdo 

 MacGillivray, and by Mr. W. L. MacGillivray ("Ann. Scot. Nat. 

 Hist." 1896, p. 22). Messrs. MacGillivray presented a nest and 

 eggs of this species, taken in Barra, to the Edinburgh Museum. 



GREENLAND REDPOLL (Linota rostrata). This is an addition 

 to the Fauna of the Outer Hebrides. Three specimens have been 

 obtained in Barra, and their discovery has been due to the observant 

 ability of Mr. W. L. MacGillivray, who forwarded the specimens to 

 Mr. Eagle Clarke, who put their identity beyond a doubt (vide " Ann. 

 Scot. Nat. Hist." 1891 (July), p. 131). One was a male, obtained 

 on October 8, 1896 ; one, sex undecided, November 10, 1898 ; and 

 one on October 30, 1900 ("Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist." 1901, pp. 

 131-133), and Mr. MacGillivray informs me that he has seen one or 

 two here nearly every autumn or early winter since. Two were 

 obtained in September 1901 ("Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist." 1902, 

 p. 1 1 8). 



BULLFINCH (Pyrrhula vulgaris], p. 64. Dr. M'Rury included 

 this species in his list of the birds of Barra, on the authority of the 

 Rev. J. Chisholm, R.C. Priest of Castlebay, Barra; but Dr. M'Rury 

 now writes me that this species must still remain on the list in 

 brackets, as there was the possibility of an error in identification. 

 But in a list of rarities observed by Sir Arthur Campbell Orde, a pair 

 of Bullfinches are recorded as frequenting the vicinity of Scolpig, in 

 North Uist, in the spring of 1893. 



