REPORT ON SCOTTISH ORNITHOLOGY IN 1919 log 



By July nesting was practically at an end, but there are, as 

 usual, some late records, generally referring to second nests 

 for example, from Darvel we hear of a Goldcrest's nest 

 found on 5th July "on the same tree as the first one." On 

 Tentsmuir young of both Arctic and Common Terns were 

 seen early in the month, but eggs were still found there on 

 the 26th. On 4th July a fledged Hawfinch was found dead 

 near Dumfries (i. 1919, 171), and on the 7th a young bird of 

 the same species was found dead in a garden at Rochester, 

 Greenlaw, and sent in the flesh. A Quail was heard calling 

 that day near the farm of Swanston, Midlothian (i. 1919, 166), 

 and on the 14th a family of nine Willow-tits was seen at 

 Bathgate. Some late records come in August : from the 

 Inner Hebrides we hear that on ist August a Lesser Tern 

 hatched out her two eggs, and a young Lapwing still unable 

 to fly was seen ; next day an Arctic Tern's nest with two eggs 

 was found ; she was sitting on the 5th, but next day the eggs 

 were cold and deserted, and by the nth many of the Arctic 

 Terns had left their nesting grounds though the Lesser 

 Terns were still tending their young. On the evening of the 

 15th the same recorder reports that while "passing through 

 the Sound of Mull I was interested to see that many of 

 the Terns which had commenced to nest on the small islands 

 in June, but had deserted them in July, had again returned 

 to their nesting grounds and appeared to be engaged in 

 rearing what must have been very late broods." On the 9th 

 a Nightjar with two fresh eggs was found on Quhillart Moor, 

 Corsemalzie ; on the 21st a Sand-martin, at Darvel, had four 

 newly hatched young; and on the 31st a Wood-pigeon at 

 Seggieden, Perth, was seen carrying nesting material. At 

 Darvel on 4th October a nest of the same species with 

 a young bird was found, and on the 12th two young Wood- 

 pigeons in a nest are reported from Bathgate. 



Winter. 



In the first six weeks of the year there is practically 

 nothing to record which is of any particular interest. Winter 

 visitors were present in normal quantity, but with the 



