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Lag Goose, I believe it was Mr Anderson who told me that there 

 were three on the island well into the spring of 1902. One left, but 

 the other two remained so long that he thought they might have 

 nested. I have this in my notes, but cannot remember whether it 

 was Mr Anderson who gave me the information or not. H. W. 

 Robinson, Lancaster. 



The Birds of Tiree Additional Records. Thanks to the 

 kind permission of Lord Elphinstone, I was enabled to spend the 

 month of September in Tiree, for the purpose of witnessing the 

 autumn passage of birds through that island. The most interesting 

 bird obtained was a female Barred Warbler {Sylvia nisoria), which 

 was flushed from a plot of cabbages in a garden on 9th September. 

 On the 12th a male, and on the 27th a female Greenland 

 Redpoll {Cardi/elis linaria rostrata) were procured. Both were 

 discovered amongst the hordes of noisy Twites that frequented the 

 tracts of stubble in the crofted area. Two Common Whitethroats 

 {Sylvia simplex) were observed on the 5th, and single birds on the 

 6th, 9th, and 16th : one bird secured on the 5th proved to be in 

 full wing moult, many of the primaries and secondaries being 

 in quill, which suggests that it was not a migrant from afar, but 

 had possibly bred on the island. Annie C. Jackson. 



Some Bird Notes from Shetland. The following records 

 of birds procured in the vicinity of Lerwick during the year have at 

 least local interest: 4th May, Wood Warbler; 31st May, Sedge 

 Warbler; 3rd September, Pied Flycatcher; 19th September, Barred 

 Warbler; 12th October, Sparrow Hawk; 25th and 26th October, 

 Siberian Chiffchaff; 26th October, Garden Warbler. The identifica- 

 tion of the Siberian Chiffchaffs has been confirmed by Mr Eagle 

 Clarke. The others have been preserved, and are in the possession 

 of Messrs S. Bruce and Theo. Kay, who have furnished the informa- 

 tion contained in this note. Although it may seem strange in view 

 of what Saxby says regarding the species, the Sparrow Hawk noted 

 is the only one I have known of procured in Shetland ; at least 

 I do not recollect having seen another in Shetland except one which 

 frequented the same neighbourhood for about a month in November 

 1 9 10, but which, so far as I know, was not shot. George W. 

 Russell, Lerwick. 



Northern Bullfinches in Orkney. The Field for 6th 

 I >e< 'umber 1913 contains a note on a pair of Bullfinches seen in 

 a small plantation in the Island of Eday for some days at the 

 end of November. Mention is also made of the occurrence of 



