124 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



Iceland Gull at Stornoway. Mr. M'Culloch received for pre- 

 servation, on 28th November last, a young female Iceland Gull 

 (Larus leucopterus\ shot at Stornoway. JOHN PATERSON, Glasgow. 



Black Terns in Kirkcudbrightshire. A Black Tern (Hydro- 

 chelidon nigrd) was shot by Mr. Robert M'Call on the i8th October, 

 in a field behind the village of Carsethorn. The species has not 

 occurred in Solway for many years. There was an unusually strong 

 migration of many species on the i6th, lyth, and i8th October. 

 ROBERT SERVICE, Maxwelltown. 



Streaked Gurnard off the Kincardine Coast. A beautiful 

 specimen of the Streaked Gurnard (Trigla lineatd) was brought to 

 me by Mr. Herbert Howell, on i3th January last. The fish was 

 caught by trawl eight miles off Stonehaven, and is the first of its kind 

 known to have occurred on the north-east coast of Scotland. Dr. 

 Day in his " British and Irish Fishes " records only two previous 

 instances of its occurrence in Scottish waters, and these are both for 

 the West Coast. GEO. SIM, Aberdeen. 



Sting" Ray in the Solway Firth. This rare species of Skate 

 (Trygon pastinaca), so far as I know, has not hitherto occurred in our 

 local waters. Early in July last Mr. John Hyslop, Carsethorn, sent 

 me the tail and " sting " from an example of this species found lying 

 on the shore. Some person had evidently cut off these appendages 

 and thrown them away. They were quite fresh, having apparently 

 only been a few hours detached from the fish. We therefore feel 

 warranted in claiming this species of Skate as an addition to the 

 fauna of the Scottish Solway. ROBERT SERVICE, Maxwelltown. 



Char in Loch Lomond. In the recently published " Guide to 

 the Natural History of Loch Lomond and Neighbourhood," the 

 author says regarding the fish of the lake that " the most notable 

 absentee is the Char," and tries to explain its absence. My impres- 

 sion is that the Char (Salmo alpinns\ although not plentiful, does 

 exist in Loch Lomond. In September 1891, when fishing in the 

 Fruin, a tributary of the loch, an angler showed me in his basket a 

 fish caught somewhere above Luss Bridge, which proved to be a very 

 fine specimen of the Char in breeding costume. Judging by appear- 

 ance, it must have been well over a pound in weight ; and although 

 my acquaintance had angled in the Fruin from boyhood, he had 

 never captured in it a fish of the kind before. The river was some- 

 what in flood at the time, and the fish took a sea-trout fly and gave 

 excellent sport. It is obvious that this Char must have travelled up 

 from Loch Lomond, and it is probable that if one existed in it there 

 must be more. In Loch Dochart, which is pretty near the upper 

 end of Loch Lomond, the Char is fairly common, and I have often 

 captured it there with the fly. It is possible that the few specimens 

 of Char taken in Loch Lomond may have been mistaken for trout 

 by careless observers. G. BIDIE, Cheltenham. 



