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and a flock of about twenty on the Tay Estuary next day, one in 

 Largo Bay on 7th December, and a female was shot on the Leader, 

 two miles below Lauder, on 19th December. 



The Merganser, Mergus serrator. Five are recorded at North 

 Unst on 8th April, last seen Tay Estuary on 22nd April, and one 

 close in at Sinniness (Luce Bay) on 20th May. One in Largo Bay 

 on 13th July, and "a party" in the Tay Estuary on 29th October. 



The Smew, Mergus albellus\ See p. 150. 



The Shag, Phalacrocorax graculus graculus. On 10th February 

 the Shags returned to their breeding-place on the Isle of May, and 

 on 3rd October one was seen on a loch four miles from the sea at 

 Galson (O.H.). 



The Gannet, Sula bassana. Gannets are reported at the 

 Monachs and Whalsay Skerries on 17th January, at the Isle of May 

 on 27th January, and more there on 10th February, while during 

 March many notes come of these birds. A Gannet was seen on an 

 inland water, seven miles from the sea, in Renfrewshire, on 6th 

 September. There were great numbers off N. Ronaldshay from 

 22nd to 30th September, and also off Kingsbarns on 10th October; 

 three young birds were seen in Largo Bay on 22nd October, and a 

 number about the Isle of May on 4th November. 



The Storm Petrel, Hydrobates pelagicus. Single birds are 

 reported from the Isle of May on 5th June, Vallay (N. Uist) on 15th 

 September, and the Little Ross lantern on 21st November. 



The Manx Shearwater, Puffinus puffinus puffinus. Single 

 birds are noted at the Monach lantern at 10 p.m. on 23rd April and 

 the Rhinns of Islay lantern at n p.m. on 3rd May. 



The Fulmar, Fulmarus glacialis glacialis. Three are reported 

 at Whalsay Skerries on 23rd January and nth March, and a few 

 from the Butt of Lewis on 3rd and 4th March. Throughout April 

 we have notes of small numbers from Lerwick, Butt of Lewis, 

 Whalsay Skerries, and Swona, two at the Monachs on 1st June, and 

 some at Lerwick on 1 ith June and 6th July, while on Sth November 

 larse flocks returned to North Unst. 



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The Great Crested Grebe, Podiceps cristatus cristatus. One 

 was seen in Largo Bay on 4th February ; the species was on 

 Bardowie Loch on 4th March, a pair in the Tay Estuary from 21st 

 April to 13th May, and two pairs there on 14th May. Two adults 



