4 THE SCOTTISH NATURALIST 



Crake [Porzana Carolina) was shot near Ness, Lewis, on 

 the 1 2th November. This is only the fourth instance of the 

 occurrence of this North American species in the British 

 Isles, and the second for the Western Isles of Scotland. 

 Our western contemporary, the Glasgow Naturalist, in 

 the September issue (vol. v., No. 4, pp. 1 30-1 31) publishes 

 three notes on birds. These refer respectively to the 

 occurrence in Renfrewshire of the Turtle Dove, the Wood 

 Sandpiper, and the Spotted Redshank. Lastly, the avifauna 

 of Yorkshire has lately received a notable addition, which 

 is recorded in the pages of the Naturalist for December 

 (p. 421). Under the title " The Little Bunting at Whitby: 

 an addition to the Avifauna of Yorkshire," Mr Thomas 

 Stephenson publishes a note to the effect that a male 

 example of this rare species was captured on the Airy Hill 

 Farm, near Whitby, on 6th October. It was with a flock 

 of Linnets and other small birds. We read with satisfaction 

 that the specimen is to be placed in the Museum of the 

 Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society. 



Our present number contains several papers and notes 

 which we trust will be of interest to our readers. Mr 

 Malloch's article on the Sawfiies of the Clyde district is a 

 valuable contribution to our knowledge of a much neglected 

 group of insects. The determination of Sawfiies is no easy 

 matter, but many of these insects are of interest and 

 importance from an economic point of view, and we hope 

 that the article, of which we now print the first instalment, 

 will induce entomologists in other parts of Scotland to work 

 up the distribution of the Sawfiies in a similar manner. 



