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piper's nest was found containing four typical Sandpiper's 

 eggs and two of the Cuckoo (i. 1920, 70). Whooper Swans 

 are recorded from Loch Trieg, Inverness-shire, in late 

 June and early July (i. 1919, 196), probably the pair which 

 bred in that neighbourhood; and from 5th to 13th June 

 a Whooper with a creamy yellow bill frequented Loch 

 Beannachavan, on the Meig, Ross-shire (i. 1919, 198). A 

 pair of these Swans is recorded on ist May in North Uist 

 (i. 1920, 54). VVigeon are recorded as the commonest 

 breeding Duck in Central Ross-shire (i. 19 19, 171). ^^^ ^ 

 Goosander with brood of young, fourteen in number, was 

 seen on the Isla, Perthshire. Great Crested Grebes bred for 

 the second year in succession on Cauldshiels Loch, Selkirk- 

 shire (i. 1920, 5), and a pair of Ringed Plover bred by an 

 upland reservoir a little over the 800 feet contour line in 

 Eaglesham parish. East Renfrewshire (i. 1920, 56). On 

 29th April a Curlew was found sitting on three eggs on 

 Crailoch Moor, Corsemalzie. Our recorder remarks, " Quite 

 an unusual number of Curlew laid only three eggs in 1919." 

 A hen Woodcock was unfortunately caught in a rabbit trap 

 at Corsemalzie on 26th June; she was very thin, and a small 

 dead young one was found beside her. 



The onl}' February record of nesting comes from Cullen, 

 where a House-sparrow's nest was nearly completed on the 

 2nd of that month ; on the 24th Missel-thrushes were at 

 their nesting sites at Hareshawmuir (Ayrshire). March too 

 brings but few notes ; all we have during the month are 

 Rooks building at Dundee on 5th, and Kirkcaldy (Fife) on 

 the 9th March, a Heron's nest with four fresh eggs at 

 Mochrum Loch on the 22nd, and a Wood-pigeon's nest with 

 two eggs at Darvel on the 29th. 



By April nesting was fairly universal, and we have reports 

 of Carrion Crows, TurditKX, Tree-sparrows, Greenfinches, 

 Lapwings, Ringed Plovers, Redshanks, Stockdoves, Black- 

 headed Gulls, etc., all with eggs. From this time onwards 

 the number of species recorded as nesting increases, and in 

 May we have reports of practically all our resident birds and 

 summer visitors having nests, eggs, or young. At Seggieden, 

 Perthshire, on 15th May, Willow-warblers were breeding all 



