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"hard sitting." The eggs were placed among and behind fairly 

 large broken-off stones on a ledge only about 9 feet from the top 

 of the cliff, and a very good view of them was obtained. I am 

 informed by the proprietor of the lonely dwelling at Doone Tower, 

 that this is the third season these " new birds," which were said to 

 come from North Rona, have bred there. There were not over six 

 or eight pairs breeding at the Doone Tower cliffs, but very probably 

 there are others at, or nearer, Cellar Head. One pair of Common 

 Guillemots have bred at the Butt of Lewis this year, for the first 

 time as far as is known. Their position is in close proximity to a 

 colony of Kittiwakes, while Shags and Tysties (Black Guillemots) 

 also breed near. R. Clyne, Butt of Lewis Lighthouse. 



Storm Petrels in the Pirth of Forth in Summer. I 



have seen this species feeding on surface-life close to the south end 

 of Inchkeith at intervals since the 8th of June. Of late there have 

 been two individuals, and I feel sure that they must be breeding on 

 one of the islands in the Firth. I cannot think they are stragglers, 

 as I have seen them so often all through the summer. Wm. Begg, 

 Inchkeith Lighthouse. 



Bimastus eiseni (Lev.) on the Isle of May, etc. On 



2nd June 1 9 13 I collected some Earthworms on the Isle of May. 

 County of Fife, and among them was an example of this species, 

 In his " Scottish Records " of Lumbricidre in the Zoologist for July 

 last, the Rev. Hilderic Friend, who identified the above, cites only 

 one record, namely, that for Midlothian given in my paper on " Forth 

 Oligochaeta," published in the Proceedings of the Royal Physical 

 Society (vol. xviii., p. 109) ; but in the same paper there is also 

 a record for Haddingtonshire ; and I may add that in March last I 

 collected the species on the Bass Rock, in the latter county. There 

 are other omissions and inaccuracies in Mr Friend's paper; for 

 instance, the records in this Magazine of Lumbricus rubelhis from 

 St Kilda have been overlooked. William Evans. 



Spiny Crossfish {Asterias glacialis) in the Pentland Pirth. 



An example of this large and handsome species has been forwarded 

 to the Royal Scottish Museum by Mr D. D. Cairnie, Thurso, with 

 the information that it was caught on a fisherman's line in 

 the Pentland Firth in the beginning of August. Asterias glacialis 

 is a widely distributed form which occurs most commonly on 

 the west coast of the British Isles, but appears to be absent from our 

 eastern shores, although it frequents the eastern portions of the 

 North Sea. Bell errs in signifying in his Distributional List 



