ZOOLOGICAL NOTES 237 



the earliest autumn one is ist September (1885). WILLIAM EVANS, 

 Edinburgh. 



Lesser Tern nesting 1 at Barra.--The Lesser Tern (Sterna 

 minuta) has nested at Barra for the first time, I believe, this year. 

 Five pairs, or more, appeared at a small island off Barra on the 

 28th of June, and fresh eggs were found on the 4th of July. 

 W. L. MACGILLIVRAY, Barra. 



Red-necked Phalarope in the Firth of Forth. On 9th June 

 last, while sailing a yacht from Kinghorn to Granton, I saw a pair 

 of Red-necked Phalaropes (Phalaropus hyperboreus). When about 

 one mile west of Inchkeith, my brother drew my attention to a pair 

 of small birds sitting on the water on our starboard bow. They 

 remained till we were within about thirty yards, and then rising, 

 flew down wind across our bows in the direction of Inchkeith. 

 Having seen the species at their breeding haunts in Shetland, I 

 had no difficulty in recognising them as Red-necked Phalaropes. 

 Though it appears rather late, I am inclined to think that they were 

 a pair resting on their way to their northern breeding grounds. 

 HAROLD RAEBURN, Edinburgh. 



Porbeagle Shark in Clyde Waters. On the gth of July a 

 Porbeagle Shark (Lainna cornubica], eleven feet in length, was 

 caught in a salmon-net in Girvan Bay. This fish appears to be 

 extremely rare in Clyde waters, and Mr. Thomas Scott tells me that 

 he does not know of any previous record of its occurrence there. 

 ROBERT DUTHIE, Fishery Officer, Girvan. 



Land and Fresh-water Mollusea in Main Argyll. During a 

 fortnight in Argyll in July I collected forty-five species of mollusca, 

 seven of which are new to the county list. The new species are : 



Vertigo antivertigo. One under a piece of wood in a marsh at 

 Lochan Dubh, Oban, i6th July 1901. 



Planorbis fontanus. Lochan Dubh, Oban, on rotten leaves, 

 i5th July 1901 and i6th July 1901. 



Planorbis nantileus. Lochan Dubh, common, in company with 

 last; Loch Charn, one under a stone, iyth July 1901. 



Planorbis albus. Loch Tromlee, 6th July 1901 ; Lochan Dubh, 

 Oban; loch above Glen Crutten, iSth July 1901. 



Planorbis contortus. Loch Tromlee, 6th July 1901. In this 

 same loch I had previously found this species on 25th June 1900. 

 Loch Charn, abundant, iyth July 1901. 



Physa fontinalis. Lochan Dubh, Oban, common, i6th July 

 1901. In 1900 also I found it common in Loch Leoid on 2nd July. 



SphariuHi corneiim. Loch Tromlee, 6th July 1901 (also 25th 

 June 1900); Lochan Dubh, Oban, i6th July 1901. 



I found two other species not given in the Distribution Tables, 

 at the end of Adams' "Collector's Manual" (1896). These are 



