202 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



JACK SNIPE (Gallinago gallinula). Have shot several at the loch 

 (Sim). 



WOODCOCK (Scolopax rusticula). Have shot them several times at 



the loch (Sim). 



TAWNY OWL (Syrnitim aluco). Some years ago Sim tells me he saw 

 one at Dryhope Tower. 



SHORT-EARED OWL (Asio accipitrinus). Very numerous during the 

 years of the vole plague 1891-93, and during those years a 

 few pairs bred. Since then a few birds have appeared from 

 time to time (Sim). 



CORN BUNTING (Emberiza miliarid). Sim tells me he saw one 

 some years ago on Henderland, and frequently lower down 

 the Yarrow. Personally, I never saw the bird in the district. 



SNOW BUNTING (Plectrophenax nivalis]. Large flocks in winter 

 (Sim). 



REDWING (Turdus iliacus). Appears in the autumn (Sim). 

 LINNET (Linota cannabina). Very scarce, Sim says, but he has seen 

 them. 



TREE CREEPER (Certhia familiar is}. Once saw one in the Crow 

 Wood, Henderland (Sim). 



FURTHER NOTES ON SALMONID^E: A REPLY 

 TO SIR HERBERT MAXWELL. 1 



By J. A. HARVIE-BROWN, F.R.S.E., F.Z.S. 



TO reply, as shortly as I can, to Sir Herbert Maxwell's paper 

 in the July number of the " Annals," I desire first of all to 

 express my great pleasure in having elicited such an article 

 from one who has had experiences over a far greater area 

 of Salmon-water than I can claim any accurate knowledge of. 

 And I have also to express my pleasure and grateful thanks 

 to him for his expressing his opinions and criticisms in such 

 a perfectly pleasant, indeed flattering way. I feel quite 

 sure both he and I desire only to get at the truth. 



I am very willing to admit that I have expressed myself 



1 "Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist." for July 1901. This reply was written before I 

 had seen an article in " Land and "Water" of 2;th April, which I did not see until 

 to-day, the 2gth April, written by " Kon " (loc. cil. p. 617). 



