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Tengmalm's Owl ( Strix Tei/gmalmi). — There was a specimen of this rare 

 British bird, caught by a fisherman, on the sea coast, at Greenses Harbour, 

 Berwick, on the 4th February, 1873 ; it was kept alive till the 8th, when it died. 

 Naturalists differ as to which is the longest feather in the wing of this species ; 

 the following are the relative lengths of the primaries in this specimen, which 

 is a young female. — the third is the longest, the fourth one-tenth of an inch 

 shorter, the second one-fourth, the fifth three-eighths, the sixth three-fourths, the 

 first and the eighth are equal, being one inch and three-eighths shorter than the 

 third. Length from head to tail, ten inches; expanse of wings one foot nine and 

 a-half inches. 



This is the third rare bird got in the vicinity of Berwick, in little over three 

 months, viz., a Turtle Dove, (see ''Scottish Naturalist," page 10); a young 

 Night Heron, on 5th December, 1872, which cannot be claimed as a Scottish 

 specimen, as it was shot south of- the Tweed ;" and the present instance. All 

 three are preserved for the Natural History Collection of the Berwick Museum. 



Hobby ( ' Fako subbuteoj. — There was an adult male found dead (it had 

 been shot), in Bowmont Forest, on the 4th of June, 1870. By being found 

 there at that date, may they not have been breeding there? Morris says, " It 

 does not appear to be known in Scotland." 



Honey Buzzard (Pernis apivorusj. — The under-keeper at Newtondon 

 shot a very fine specimen there, on the 22d of May, 1865. — Id. 



Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus). — There was a fine female of this, now very 

 rare, British bird, shot by Mr. Henderson, East Gordon, at Rumbleton Law, 

 25th December, 1871. 



Great Spotted Woodpecker ( ' Picus major). — Several specimens of this 

 bird w r ere shot in this district during the autumn and winter of 1868, and spring 

 of 1869. 



Spotted Crake (Crex porzana). — One shot at Graden Moss, 19th October, 

 1868. 



Canada Goose ( Anser Canadensis). — There was a large flock of these 

 birds in this district, during the winter and spring of 1866-7, hut the only speci- 

 mens I am aware of having been obtained, were shot by Mr. Cowe of Dowlaw, 

 who shot five of them on the 14th May, 1867. 



Smew ( ' Mergus albellus). — A pair of these birds, of which the male only 

 was shot, were observed on a pond near Kelso, 26th January, 1869. It was an 

 adult in fine plumage.— Andrew Brotherston, Kelso. 



Hybrid between a Black-cock and a Capercailzie.— A specimen of this 

 rare hybrid having been sent to Mr. Robb, stuffer to the Museum of the 

 University, here, I had the pleasure of examining it. It was shot by the game- 

 keeper to Mr. Duff, M.P., Fetteresso, on his property on the 26th October last. 

 These birds are very rare in this country, although they seem to be rather 

 common in Sweden ; according to Yarrell, they were common at one time in 

 Scotland, along with the cock of the woods. This hybrid receives various 

 names, Tetrao medius, Tetrao hybridus, Urogallus hybridus, and in Sweden 

 it is known as Rackbhauen. — H. O. Forbes, Aberdeen, November, 1872. 



Nesting of the Hedge Accentor (Accentor modularis) in the Outer 

 Hebrides. — This species has not hitherto, I believe, been recorded as nesting 

 in the Outer Hebrides. At all events Mr. A. G. More, in his paper on the Distri- 



