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Anatomical Museum, Edinburgh University, who gives me the 



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dental formula as -g - -|-. I had detected only 34 teeth on each 



side of the lower jaw, but some of the anterior ones were very small, 

 and did not pierce the gum. 



This is but the second occasion on which the White-sided 

 Dolphin has been positively identified on the Scottish mainland, 

 though it has several times been recorded from Orkney. William 

 Evans. 



Ornithological Notes from Wigtownshire. On 1st 



November 191 2 I watched a single Great Skua off Craignarget 

 Bank, Luce Bay. When first sighted it was perhaps three-quarters 

 of a mile out, but came close in shore in pursuit of a Herring Gull. 

 This is the first record for the county that I know of. After the 

 snowstorm on 2nd December 191 2, I got close up to three fine 

 Mealy Redpolls, which were feeding on knapweed near the hen- 

 house, Corsemalzie, in company with eleven Lesser Redpolls, 

 thirty-seven Goldfinches, and some Linnets. From 13th to 17th 

 December 19 12, while bird- watching in Loch Ryan, I saw Slavonian 

 Grebes daily, no less than five being watched on the morning of the 

 17th near Kirkcolm, two Great Crested Grebes and three Dabchicks 

 being also seen. On 21st February 1913 I had a female Smew under 

 observation for some time on the Castle Loch (Mochrum). J. G. 

 Gordon, Corsemalzie. 



Bird-notes from Shetland. A White-tailed Eagle was seen 

 by Mr Robert Russell on 1st April over the town of Lerwick. On 

 30th March two Goldcrests were seen at Helmdale by Mr Davidson, 

 and Mr Grierson also saw one. Davidson tells me he was quite 

 close, within a few feet of them. This, I think, is exceptionally 

 early. We have had an awful succession of gales, which has caused 

 a big mortality among the sea birds, especially Shags. In some 

 parts along the coast they are lying in great numbers. This is 

 probably due to the severe weather and the absence of small fish, 

 especially sillocks. I fancy no one will regret the loss of the birds, 

 as they had become too numerous, and wrought havoc among the 

 sea and loch trout. John S. Tulloch. 



Hawfinch in East Lothian On 31st March I received a 

 dead Hawfinch which had been found in the churchyard at Pencait- 

 land by R. Baillie, a builder. He tells me that the bird had been 

 lying dead for a fortnight before he picked it up and sent it to me. 

 It had been badly gnawed by mice when I got it. H. N. Bonar, 

 Saltoun. 



