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immature males were seen on an inland loch in Caithness. Arrivals 

 are recorded in autumn from Balgray (Clyde) on 19th October, Fair 

 Isle on 2ist, and Castle Semple Loch on 24th October. Thereafter 

 many records come up to 14th November. 



The Long -tailed Duck, Clangula hyemaiis. About two 

 hundred were seen at Balcomie Bay (E. Fife) on 30th April "very 

 restless." First seen Fair Isle 25th October, Largo Bay 31st 

 October, and Dundee 15th November. 



The Common Scoter, Oidemia nigra nigra. One was seen on 

 Duddingston Loch on 5th May (i. 19 19, 197) and small flocks in 

 Largo Bay on 27th May. On 29th July there were hundreds in 

 Luce Bay, and good-sized flocks in St Andrews Bay on 29th August. 



The Velvet Scoter, Oidemia fusca fu sea. Some in Largo Bay 

 up to 1 2th May. On 29th July nine were seen in Luce Bay, and 

 some in St Andrews Bay on 29th August. 



The Goosander, Mergus tnerganser merganser. Three females 

 were seen in Invergowrie Bay on 9th February, two at Vallay on 

 26th March, and a "big lot" on the Beauly Firth on 5th May. 

 One near Dundee on 17th August, three in St Andrews Bay on 

 29th August, and a few on Piltantan Burn, Luce Sands, on 14th 

 November. 



The Red-breasted Merganser, Mergus serrator. Last seen 

 off Tentsmuir Point on 3rd May, and a lot in the Beauly Firth on 

 5th May. By 29th August a good many had returned to St 

 Andrews Bay, and one was seen on Fair Isle on 30th September 

 and 8th October. 



The Smew, Mergus albellus. See p. 102. 



The Gannet, Sula bassana. Three were seen at Whalsay 

 Skerries on i8th January and one at Pladda on 25th January. 

 Numerous notes of Gannets come after mid-March and up to the 

 end of October, and on 14th November one was seen in Luce Bay. 



The Great Shearwater, Puffin us gravis. See p. 102. 



The Manx Shearwater, Puffinus puffirms puffinus. One was 

 seen in Largo Bay on 27th May. 



The Fulmar, Fulmarus glacialis glacialis. On 15th and 17th 

 January and 8th March one or two are noted at Whalsay Skerries, 

 ist April and 13th May at Lerwick, and "great numbers" at North 

 Ronaldshay on 20th April. Hundreds were at Duncansby Head 



