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Tay, above Perth, in 1879, and doubtless bred there. Mr. J. H. 

 Buchanan is at present engaged in preparing a paper upon " The 

 Goosander in Scotland."* 



SMEW. 



Meegus albellus, Lin. 



A specimen of this comparatively rare British species was 

 brought in for preservation to Mr. Hastings, Dumfries, which 

 had been shot during the storm in the neighbourhood [R. Service, 

 loc, cit.]. 



BLACK-THROATED DIYER. 



COLYMBUS ARCTICUS, Lin. 



There is evidence of this species extending its breeding range 

 southward, as they have been found occupying localities hitherto 

 untenanted by them. A pair was shot at a small loch near Tay- 

 moath Castle, and preserved for his Grace the Earl of Breadalbane 

 by Mr. Maloch, of Perth. A pair frequented a loch quite in the 

 soith of Perthshire. Unfortunately, one of them was caught and 

 di owned in a pike-net. I remember, about the year 1870, that 

 tlieir range did not come further south than the neighbourhood of 

 Pitlochry. 



LITTLE GREBE. 



Podiceps MINOR (Gm.). 



Unusually plentiful during the first few weeks of the frost, and 

 as long as any open water remained on the pools and streams. 

 One which I shot contained in its stomach remains of min- 

 nows and small fish, besides water insects. In 1870 and 1874 

 Grebes were noted by Mr. R. Service as unusually abundant on 

 the rivers in the S. W. of Scotland, and the same thing was apparent 

 this winter. Mr. A. Brotherston notes the Little Grebes in the 

 Kelso district as in good condition, and found in the stomach of 

 one a quantity of salmon roe \_ u Scot. Xat." April, 1879, p. 82]. 

 He also records that " the feet of several Grebes and Ducks were 

 frost-bitten, part of the toes and web being lost" \Proc. Berw. 

 Nat. Club, 1878, p. 538]. 



* Since read to the Royal P/njs. Soc, 17th December, 1879, and printed 

 in the Proceedings. 



