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following entry under Tree Sparrow in one of my notebooks may 

 be worth mentioning : " 1885, April 3; saw a few Sparrows, which 

 I am inclined to think were this species, frequenting the founda- 

 tions of Herons' nests in a high beech at Tyninghame. From their 

 actions, it was evident they were nesting, or intending to nest 

 there." William Evans. 



Waxwing near Edinburgh. On 16th November 19 12, a 

 Waxwing was captured in a garden at Corstorphine, near Edinburgh. 

 The bird is an adult male, and its plumage is in fine condition, but 

 it had injured itself presumably against telephone wires. Oliver 

 H. Wild. 



Glossy Ibis in Skye. Mr M'Leay informs me that a Glossy 

 Ibis occurred at Glendrynoch, Skye, on 1st November 191 1. 

 T. A. Harvie-Brown, Dunipace, Larbert. 



[A specimen was shot in South Uist exactly a year previous to 

 this. Cf. The Field, 10th December 1910, p. 1094, and Ann. Scot. 

 Nat. Hist., 191 1, p. 59. Eds.] 



Shoveler in the Moray Pirth. In a letter dated 22nd 

 January 1913, Mr M'Leay informs me that a female Shoveler was 

 killed in the Firth by a punter during the previous week. He adds 

 that "they are not often got in the Inverness or Beauly Firths." 

 J. A. Harvie-Brown, Dunipace, Larbert. 



Hybrid Capercaillie-Blackcock in Argyll. A somewhat 

 unusual hybrid Capercaillie-Blackcock was secured by Major J. H. 

 P. Leschallas on the loch side, Glenfinart, Ardentinny, on 23rd 

 November last. It differs from the common result of hybridism 

 between these two species, in that it partakes mainly of the larger 

 parent. The length is 29 in. ; the colour on the head, back, 

 rump, flanks, and abdomen may be described as pure "capper"; 

 the breast, however, is glossy, indigo-blue with slight purple 

 reflections ; tail feathers black, two central ones slightly tipped with 

 white, all are straight and of equal length. The upper tail coverts 

 are somewhat irregular in length, and in places much overlap those 

 below. The wings are chocolate-brown speckled with black, with 

 the exception of a patch on either wing which is of a neutral brown 

 speckled with ash-grey. Major Leschallas tells me he has seen 

 hen Capercaillie in the district for two years, but no cock birds 

 have been noticed ; and that a hybrid Capper-Blackcock was shot at 

 Ardentinny last season, but this was of the common type with the 



