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magazine, his first two communications being notes on the 

 " Tree-Sparrow in West Lothian," printed in the 1906 volume 

 of the Annrr/s of Scottish Natural History. In all nineteen 

 notes and papers have appeared under his name. The 

 most important are: "The 'Display' of the Goosander" 

 {Scot. Nat., 191 -); "The Tufted- Duck {Fnligula cristata) in 

 the Nesting Season " {ibid.) ; " Notes on a Carrion-Crow 

 Roost" (Jlu'd., 1913); "Display of the Mallard in Relation to 

 Pairing" {ibid., 1914). And, as showing his interest in other 

 groups, his notes on " Insect Visitors to Funiaria officinalis, 

 L." {Ajin. Scot. A^at. Hist., 1910), and "Linlithgowshire 

 Heteroptera" (Scot. iVat., 1912) may also be mentioned. 

 To the Zoologist for 19 10, and British Birds for 19 14, he 

 contributed respectively the two following papers, perhaps 

 his most important productions, viz. : " The Willow-Wrens 

 of a Lothian Wood," and " Ecological Relations of Bird- 

 Distribution." While on active service in France he made 

 notes on the birds that came under his observation, and has 

 left in MS. a paper on the "Bird-life of Peronne District," 

 in which the subject is considered from the ecological point 

 of view. 



From Capt. Brock Scottish natural history had every 

 reason to expect in the near future much important work, 

 especially in the development of the ecological problems 

 which had begun to engage his attention, and his early 

 death is undoubtedly a very real loss to the cause. Quiet 

 and unobtrusive, if not actually shy, he was, it should be 

 said, less widely known among naturalists than his ability' 

 and devotion to his hobby merited ; while his capacity for 

 true friendship could only be appreciated by those who had 

 come to know him intimately. W. E, 



Common Guillemot inland in Southern Scotland. On 



5th October 19 18, a very stormy day here, my son found a Common 

 Guillemot in the farmyard of Weston Dunsyre (near Carstairs 

 Junction). We kept the bird for eleven days, when it died. We 

 think the occurrence of a Guillemot so far inland may be worth 

 recording. Williaim Wilson, Dunsjre. 



