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NOTES. 



Pine Marten in Argyll. On 19th February 1914 my head 

 keeper trapped a Marten Cat (Maries martes) on the hillside just 

 above this house. The trap was set for foxes. The specimen 

 is an adult male, 35 inches in length from point of nose to tip 

 of tail. I have never heard of an instance of this mammal being 

 seen or heard of in this district before. H. Burnley Campbell, 

 Lt.-Col., Ormidale, Colintraive, Argyll. 



White Wagtail in the Orkneys. This common bird of 

 double passage in the northern islands of Scotland appears to 

 have hitherto very largely escaped notice in the Orkneys. It is, 

 however, quite common there in both spring and autumn, when 

 en route between its northern European summer haunts and its 

 southern winter retreats. At Auskerry last autumn, this bird 

 came under my notice on fourteen days between 4th September 

 and 2nd October. On 6th September many were seen which had 

 arrived overnight, and a party of forty were observed on the 

 wing simultaneously. Wm. Eagle Clarke. 



Redbreasts in Shetland. Redbreasts have been more 

 numerous than usual in Shetland this winter. I saw the first on 

 19th November, but from 3rd December on I have seen a cock 

 in the garden daily, and in the garden next ours there have been 

 two for a considerable time back, and I have heard of others. 

 On 15th February I saw what I was certain was a hen Robin 

 flying over the garden fence, and on looking I found her in 

 company with a cock. I have seen them in company since, and 

 am hopeful they may nest. J. S. Tulloch, Lerwick. 



Siberian Chiffchaff in Shetland in Winter. With reference 

 to the note published in the Scottish Naturalist for February last, 

 in which two Siberian Chiffchaffs (Phylloscopus tristis) are men- 

 tioned as having been obtained on 25th and 26th October last, may 

 I put on record a more interesting occurrence of the species ? One 

 was procured by me here on 27th December last. The morning 

 was fine, one of the few touches of frost we have had this winter 

 having subdued the wind, and the little warbler was searching 

 for food in quite a lively way over an open ditch which runs along 

 the side of a stone wall, sometimes springing into the branches 

 of overhanging bushes, then dropping again to the grassy sides of 



