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observed by Mr W. Berry being mobbed by Gulls. A Great 

 Spotted Woodpecker {Dryobates major, subsp. ? ), a female, 

 was caught in a trap at Minard, Argyll, on 15th July 

 (i. 1919, 185), this being an addition to the avifauna of 

 Argyll. On 27th October a Hobby {Falco subbuteo subbuted) 

 is reported from Fair Isle, and a Rough-legged Buzzard 

 {Bicteo lagopHS lagopus) from Vallay (O.H.) on 8th May. 

 Two American Wigeon {Anas aniericand) are reported in 

 1919, both adult males one from St Andrews on 24th 

 November (i. 1920, 13), the first record for Tay, the other 

 from Bardowie Loch, Clyde, on 14th December (i. 1920, 13), 

 the first record for Clyde. On i8th April four (three male 

 and a female) Smews {Alergus albdlns) were seen off Craig 

 Ewan Point near Peterhead (i. 1919, 94), and two Great 

 Shearwaters {Piiffin?is gravis) near Tiree on 14th August. 

 The only record of the Green Sandpiper {Tringa ochropus) 

 this year is of one beside the River Irvine from 6th to loth 

 August (i. 1920, 56), while a Spotted Redshank [Tringa 

 erythropus) is reported from Balgray on 6th, 7th, and 13th 

 September (i. 1920, 48). A Black-tailed Godwit {Ltinosa 

 liinosa)\s recorded from Elliot, Forfarshire, on 3rd September 

 (i. 1919, 198), one in Monifieth Bay on 20th September, and 

 two on Luce Sands on 14th November. In the Field oi nth 

 October 1919, p. 490, a Great Snipe {Gallinago media) is 

 reported from Albershaw, Elvanfoot, Lanarkshire, as shot on 

 lOth September, and the same day one is recorded from 

 Girlsta, Shetland, while on 12th September one was shot at 

 Rattar, Caithness [Field, 27th September 191 9, p. 442). On 

 24th June a Spotted Crake [Porzana porzana) was found 

 killed on the telegraph wires at Ardgay, Ross-shire (2. xiii. 

 197)- 



Hybrids. 



At Hareshawmuir (Ayrshire) on i6th May a hybrid 

 Hooded x Carrion Crow was shot : it was a female, and our 

 correspondent there adds " During the last twenty years 

 some six h\'brid Crows have been obtained, never a pure 

 Hoodie." The only other record to come under this heading 

 is a Mallard x Wigeon on the Castle Loch, Duns, on 14th 



