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gether, but fomentosus did not occur with hanvoodi in Arran, nor 

 has it been recorded from any other locaHty in the Clyde Area. 

 R. harwoodi has hitherto only been recorded from localities in the 

 south of England. 



Anaspis gar/ieysi, Fow. One specimen was taken off hawthorn 

 blossom at Balmaha (Stirling) in May 19 14. The most northerly 

 record for this species in England is from Cumberland. 



I have to thank my friends, Mr E. A. Newbery and Mr 

 W. E. Sharp, for their kind assistance in the determination 

 of most of the species dealt with in this paper. 



Mallard, Wigeon, and Lesser Black-backed Gull in 

 North Uist. On reading Lieut. Beveridge's concluding observa- 

 tions on the "Birds of North Uist" {a/ite, p. 17), I notice one 

 or two statements which interest me, and on which I crave 

 indulgence to enlarge. 



In writing of Anas boscas, Lieut. Beveridge states that he has 

 been informed that Sir Arthur Orde, Bart., introduced, by turning 

 down, several birds of the smaller foreign Mallard. I know quite 

 well the race to which he refers the small Mallard which visits 

 us from parts of Europe during winter. On the north-west coast of 

 England, we did not look for them until the beginning of December, 

 and I have shot many of them ; they are quite recognisable on the 

 wing, they fly faster, and, as Lieut. Beveridge remarks, they weigh 

 under 2 lbs. So far as my investigations go, this small race of 

 Mallard has a very restricted range and is confined as a breeding 

 species to Scandinavia, from whence it visits us in winter. It is 

 not only less in size and weight but has a smaller and narrower 

 beak (length 51-53 mm., wndth ig-20 mm.) and a shorter wing 

 (270-273 mm.) than the large race found in Britain, America, 

 Canada, Iceland, and apparently India (from measurements recently 

 supplied to me by Capt. C. B. Ticehurst, R.A.M.C., taken from 

 freshly killed birds). All the birds belonging to this large race, 

 including our British Mallard, are absolutely indistinguishable in 

 size: Beak, length 57-59 mm., width 23-25 mm., wing 290-304 

 mm. ; and when we kill one of the large race here in winter there 

 is nothing to show us whether the bird is a foreigner or a home- 



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bred bird. I therefore consider the word " foreign " is misleading 

 as regards the bird to which Lieut. Beveridge refers, which is 

 obviously the small race from Scandinavia. It would be very 

 interesting to know how Sir Arthur Orde secured the birds he 



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