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March. "She rose out of the heather some 200 yards from water 

 and flew strongly ; weather not stormy." On 5th May there were 

 still many in Largo Bay, and great numbers in the Dornoch Firth on 

 2nd August, while on 29th September some were seen off the Isle 

 of Whithorn. 



The Goosander, Mergus merganser merga^jser. Eight were 

 observed on the Tay Estuary on 26th January, and a female at 

 Aberlady on 4th May. At least twenty in the Tay Estuary on 

 20th October, several in the Beauly Firth on 6th December, and 

 great numbers on the Deveron on 23rd December (i. 1919, 50). 



The Merganser, Mergus serrator. Last seen in the Tay 

 Estuary on 25th April, a pair at Aberlady on 4th May, and a pair at 

 Noss Head on 8th May. By 20th October several had returned to 

 the Tay Estuary. 



The Cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo carbo. First seen on 25th 

 March crossing the moor at Corsemalzie from its inland nesting- 

 place. Last seen in the Tay Estuary on 9th May. 



The Shag, Phalacrocorax graculus graculus. One was seen on 

 a dam 1^7 miles inland at Cullen on 2nd February, and on loth 

 March a pair returned to nest on the Isle of May. 



The Gannet, Sula bassana. Early records come from the Isle 

 of May on 20th January and Eyemouth on 9th February. On 

 17th October about a dozen were seen off Tarbatness and one at 

 Pladda on 15th December. 



The Storm Petrel, Hydrobates pelagicus. Two are recorded 

 from Noss Head on 9th February, and one from that lantern at 

 2 A.M. on 5th September. 



Leach's Fork-tailed Petrel, Oceanodroina leucorhoa. See 

 p. 102. 



The Great Crested Grebe, Podiceps cristatus cristatus. 

 There are a good many records from the Forth and Tay 

 Estuaries up to 5th May. A pair was seen on Possil Marsh on 

 17th March, and an arrival is recorded at Redmyre Loch on 23rd 

 March. Returns to salt-water are noted by 31st October. 



The Little Grebe, Podiceps ruficollis ruficollis. One arrived 

 at Balhousie Reservoir, near Largo, on 23rd March and its mate 

 two days later ; they subsequently bred there. 



The Great Northern Diver, Colytnbus iinmer. Is recorded 

 from Kyleakin up to 5th May, Baltasound on 17th June, and an 



