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P. gracilis, Dj. Forth, West Perth, Dollar, Fowler (6). 



Amara similata, Gyll. Solway, Kirkcudbright, rare, Orchardton, 

 Lennon and Douglas. 



A. continua, Th. Solway, Kirkcudbright, Orchardton, M'Gowan. 



Lcemostenus complanatus, Dj. Solway, Dumfries, common in 

 outhouses, Ellangowan ; Wigtown, Corsemalzie, M'Gowan. 



[Auchomenus oblongus, F. Solway, Dumfries, Durisdeer, rare, 

 Lennon (6); "taken by Dr Sharp in the salt marshes towards 

 the mouth of the Nith," M'Gowan; but Dr Sharp (E. M. M., 

 iv., 1 08) appears to have referred to A. atratus, Duft., which 

 was included in his Coleoptera of Scotland.] 



{To be continued?) 



NOTES. 



Large Litter of Pox Cubs. On digging out a Fox-earth 

 recently, the shepherd at Halmyre, Peeblesshire, secured eight well- 

 grown cubs, which have been despatched to a hunting district. The 

 legbones of several lambs, the remains of rabbits and grouse, and a 

 large rat, recently killed, were found in the den. In several works I 

 have consulted, litters are said to consist of from three to seven ; so 

 it may be of interest to record an instance where the latter number 

 has been exceeded. T. G. Laidlaw, Duns. 



Hawfinch in Sutherland. It may interest you to hear of a 

 male Hawfinch being caught in the garden here. In the thirty years 

 I have been here, it is the first I have seen. It was got about 

 8th May, and seems now quite at home in a cage. Francis G. 

 Gunnis, Brora. 



Grey-headed Wagtail in Forth. During our spring visit to 

 the Isle of May this year, we were fortunate enough to add the 

 Grey-headed Wagtail (Motacilla flava thunbergi) to the Forth avi- 

 fauna. A female of this sub-species appeared on the island on 16th 

 May. We were on the May from 2nd to 19th May, during which 

 time we saw eighty-eight species of birds. An account of our stay 

 there will appear in a later number of this journal. Leonora 

 Jeffrey Rintoul and Evelyn V. Baxter. 





