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record for Berwickshire of the Lesser Whitethroat {Sylvia 

 curruca currucd) comes from Duns, where one was seen 

 on 28th May and heard singing on several subsequent 

 occasions (1. 1917, 214). The only record of the Bluethroat 

 (probably Luscinia svecica gcctkei) for the year comes from 

 Fair Isle on 12th May, when a female put in an appearance. 

 The Hoopoe {Up up a epops epops) is recorded from West 

 Linton in the early summer of 191 7, on 28th August one 

 was seen beside the River Beauly, Inverness-shire {Field, 

 15th September 1917), and single birds are reported from 

 Cringletie (Peeblesshire) on 17th September, Meldon Hill 

 (Peeblesshire) on 19th September, and Gladhouse (Mid- 

 Lothian) about this time : these last three records may, 

 however, all relate to the same bird. On 17th January 

 an adult male Hen-harrier {Circus cyancus) is reported from 

 Balhousie, near Largo (1. 1917, 93); an immature female was 

 shot at Charterhall, a few miles from Duns, on 10th February 

 (1. 1917, 136); a male was noted on the moors near Darvel on 

 23rd April (1. 1917, 218) ; and a bird of this species at Vallay, 

 North Uist, on 17th September. An Osprey {Pandion 

 haliaetus haliaetus) was seen in early May over Bardowie 

 Loch, Clyde, while on 6th October a Spoonbill {Platalca 

 leucorodia leucorodid) was shot at Broadbay, in Lewis (1. 191 7, 

 293), the first-known occurrence of the species in the Outer 

 Hebrides. A Purple Heron {Ardea purpurea purpurea) was 

 observed near Duns on 8th April, this being the first record 

 of this bird for Berwickshire and the third for Scotland 

 (1. 1917, 214). The third record of the Little Bittern {Ixo- 

 brychus minutus) for Shetland comes from Burrafirth, where 

 an adult female was captured alive but badly mauled by the 

 Herring-gulls on 29th May (1. 1917, 214). On 30th January a 

 Bittern {Bolaurus stellaris stellaris) was found in an exhausted 

 condition at Carloway, Lewis, the first record for that island 

 and fourth for the Outer Hebrides (1. 1917, 70), and another 

 occurred at Tentsmuir (Fife) on 6th April. Four Little 

 Stints {Erolia minuta minuta) were seen and two shot on 

 the N.W. side of South Uist on 14th September (1. 1918, 

 102), the second record of this species for the Outer Hebrides. 

 A Green Sandpiper {Tringa ochropus) is recorded from 



