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Wigeon near Glasgow. On the evening of 6th August 1920 

 I shot a young Wigeon here. It was one of a flock of eight or ten 

 ducks which flew rapidly past me. I believe they were all Wigeon, 

 but it was too dark to see them distinctly. I have never seen 

 Wigeon here at this time of year before. James Bartholomew, 

 Glenorchard, Torrance. 



Cuckoo's Egg in a Song-thrush's Nest. In May 1920 I 

 received three eggs which were found in a Thrush's nest in the 

 grounds of Scone Palace, Perthshire. Two of these were typical 

 eggs of the rightful owner of the nest, the other was undoubtedly 

 that of a Cuckoo. The nest was placed in a pine-tree, about six 

 feet from the ground, on the edge of a path and about two hundred 

 and fifty yards from the Palace. The Cuckoo's egg was of a light 

 greenish-grey ground colour and somewhat resembled that of a Pied 

 Wagtail. There are only a few records of the egg of the Cuckoo 

 having been found in the nest of the Song-thrush in the British 

 Isles. Wm. Eagle Clarke. 



Greenland Falcon in Orkney. An exceptionally fine adult 

 female specimen of Falco candicans was captured at Suleskerry, an 

 islet or reef 37 miles west of the mainland of Orkney, on the 



26th of February 1920, and was forwarded to the Royal Scottish 



Museum. Wm. Eagle Clarke. 



Albino Rock-dove in Outer Hebrides. On the 30th of 

 January 1920 I shot an Albino Rock-dove from a party of normally 

 coloured birds at Barra. It had the pink eyes characteristic of an 

 albino, and its dimensions in all respects agreed with those of Cohnnba 

 livia. The bird is now in the Royal Scottish Museum, where other 

 rare and uncommon birds obtained here have also found their 

 way. Wm. L. MacGillivrav, Barra. 



Corncrake late Nesting in Glen Shira, Argyllshire.- 



On 1 2th August 1920 Mr Hugh M'Phee, Helensburgh, found a nest 

 and eight eggs of above. The eggs on being tested were somewhat 

 incubated, the bird probably having been sitting a week. Charles 

 Kirk, Glasgow. 



Unusual Abundance of Purple Sandpipers at Kirkcaldy, 

 Fife. Mr Skinner, Taxidermist, Kirkcaldy, tells me that on 14th 

 December 19 19, he recorded the Purple Sandpiper in considerable 

 numbers along the coast at Seafield, between Kirkcaldy and 

 Kinghorn. Identification was certain as, about the same time, 

 three or four of the birds were shot and brought to him to be 

 stuffed. Norman M. Johnson, Kirkcaldy. 



