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enter or leave the crevices. My next visit to the rocks was on 28th 

 September, and I found no trace of any bats, and they had evidently 

 left the crevices for the time being. I think they must have been 

 away some time, as all the black greasy coating on the rock had 

 disappeared, and even the smell of the bats, which is very strong, 

 had almost gone. No droppings were to be seen, and after carefully 

 probing the places in the crevices which I could reach with long 

 twigs and the top joint of my fishing-rod I was forced to the con- 

 clusion that the bats were no longer there. The question has 

 naturally occurred to me, are these bats migratory, and do they only 

 frequent this upland station during the breeding season ? Can any 

 of your readers shed some light upon this matter ? SYMINGTON 

 GRIEVE, Edinburgh. 



Squirrel in Ardnamurehan. On 4th September a Squirrel 

 (Sciurus vulgaris] was seen among the young trees round the lodge 

 at Kilchoan, and a few days afterwards one was seen in Corrievoulin 

 coppice, two miles distant in the mainland direction. This is the 

 first known appearance of Squirrels in these parts, and when the 

 nut season is past they will probably draw back to the fir woods of 

 Glenborrodale. Dr. Duncan informs me that they appeared there 

 twelve miles eastward for the first time last year, and that two or 

 three have been noticed frequenting the vicinity of the Castle this 

 season. A. BURN MURDOCH, Edinburgh. 



Mealy Redpoll and Great Gray Shrike in Berwickshire. 



While driving in this parish on the 25th of November last I had a 

 near view of a very rare bird, for this county at least, the Mealy 

 Redpoll (Linota linaria). I got within three feet of the stranger, which 

 was greedily feeding on the seed of the common stinging nettle. It 

 was very tame, and allowed me to stand close to it for five minutes. 

 The bird was in beautiful plumage, the fine red spot on the head 

 and hoary under-plumage being very conspicuous. As this species 

 has no place in Mr. Muirhead's " Birds of Berwickshire," I presume 

 the Mealy Redpoll has not hitherto been recorded for the county. 

 About the middle of October I had the good luck to see the Great 

 Shrike at some outlying stacks in this parish also. I have more 

 than once seen the Great Shrike in similar localities, where the bird 

 was probably looking after mice. CHARLES STUART, Chirnside. 



Garden Warbler in Perthshire. With regard to the note in 

 last number of the "Annals," 1895, P- X 94> I observed the Garden 

 Warbler (Sylvia hortensis) in Kincardine Glen, near Auchterarder, 

 on 1 3th July this year; on the Earn at Millearn on the i5th; 

 and on the same date I heard it singing among some fruit trees, 

 while returning from Kinnoull Hill to Perth. JOHN ROBERTSON, 

 Thornliebank. 



