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in the nest on which they were standing while this went on. 

 We saw immature Kittiwakes up to about thirty in number 

 on the ledges near the breeding colony, and once or twice we 

 saw an adult and an immature bird standing together on a 

 ledge among the nesting birds, but the birds in immature 

 plumage were never on or beside a nest. Some of the Kitti- 

 wakes were nesting right inside the caves, where the sun 

 could never touch them. The cliff- breeding birds are 

 distinctly increasing in number, details of which will be found 

 in a separate note. We hope to return to the Isle of May in 

 autumn, and trust we may then have much to record in the 

 pages of the Scottish Naturalist. 



RARE BIRDS IN ABERDEENSHIRE IN 1913. 



By A. Landsborough Thomson, M.A., M.B.O.U. 



A BARE statement of the following records has already been 

 contributed to the Report on Scottish Ornithology for 191 3, 

 but they are perhaps sufficiently important to deserve 

 separate and detailed publication in these pages. 



White's Thrush (Tardus varius). 



An example of this species killed itself against a window 

 in the Castlehill, Aberdeen, on 6th October 191 3. It was at 

 once brought to the late Mr George Sim's shop, where I saw 

 it some time later. There is not the slightest reason to doubt 

 the history of the specimen, which thus constitutes the second 

 record for Scotland. 



Honey Buzzard (Perm's apivorus). 



A male was shot at Kemnay, on 15th August 191 3 (fide 

 J. Mutch, in whose shop I afterwards saw the specimen). 

 33 2 c 



