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FRINGILLA CCELEBS (Chaffinch). 



Shetland Dunrossness, Oct. 6, a ^, first; Oct. 7, one. Dee 

 Rattray Head, April 2, at lantern all night with Greenfinches, 

 several much exhausted. Outer Hebrides Barra, Feb., end of, last 

 seen, not numerous this year. 



FRINGILLA MONTIFRINGILLA (Brambling). 



Tay Newport, April 5, numerous for a few days, not seen 

 later. Forth Morton, April 9, two. Isle of May, Dec. 15, one 

 picked up (leg and wing sent). Tweed Broughton, April 8, a 9 

 Chirnside, Oct. 13, early arrival. Clyde Carmichael, April 17, 

 still here. 



LINOTA CANNABINA (Linnet). 



Shetland Dunrossness, several small parties in Sept. ("Annals," 

 1901, p. 8). Outer Hebrides Monach, Feb. 19, at lantern with 

 Larks, Thrushes, Goldcrests, etc. Argyll and Isles Dhuheartach, 

 April i 7, four. 



LINOTA LINARIA (Mealy Redpoll). 



Outer Hebrides Barra, Oct. 13, one seen in garden at Eoli- 

 gary. Clyde Carmichael, Dec. 7, a pair shot. 



(To be continued.} 



ZOOLOGICAL NOTES FROM SOLWAY. 

 ROBERT SERVICE, M.B.O.U. 



HEDGEHOG (Erinaceus europaus). Up till last autumn, my latest 

 date when the Hedgehog was noted abroad is the evening of 2 2nd 

 November 1898. On that occasion the animal was seen running 

 quickly across a road in the moonlight, when snow was lying quite 

 an inch in depth. To be sure of the beast's identity, I ran after it 

 and caught it on the other side of the hedge. This last autumn I 

 noted Hedgehogs out on their rambles on the evenings of 8th and 

 2oth November, and again on 8th December. With the advent of 

 the Winter Solstice, we should expect all the Hedgehogs were sleep- 

 ing soundly. But on 3rd January 1901, and so late as 10 o'clock 

 of the evening, I found a Hedgehog in perfect activity rambling 

 along one of the pathways in the nursery fields that adjoin my house. 

 It was a very mild night, the thermometer at the time standing at 

 46 ; but making due allowance for this, surely the last-cited date 

 must be altogether exceptional ? 



