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to the fauna of "The Isles," for it is not recorded to have occurred 

 in the "Fauna of Argyll and the Inner Hebrides." — William 

 Eagle Clarke, Edinburgh. 



The Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus) in winter in Perthshire. — 



With regard to the appearance of this bird in winter in Galloway, as 

 mentioned in the last issue of the "Annals" by Mr. Robert Service 

 I may state that it is not only " in the mild West of Scotland " that 

 the Ring Ouzel remains the winter, but that it has long been noticed 

 as an occasional resident in the colder East of Scotland, namely, in 

 Perthshire. Mr. P. D. Malloch says " that it sometimes remains all 

 the year round in some of its habitats " (" Report on the Ornith- 

 ology of the East of Scotland," 1886, H. M. D. H.), and in 

 support of this I would mention that there is a 2 specimen in the 

 museum of the Perthshire Society of Natural Science in Perth, 

 bearing date of 5th February 1882, as shot on the Ochils. This 

 bird was sent in the flesh at the time for preservation to the museum 

 by Mr. James Dow, Balmano. — H. M. Drummond Hay, Perth. 



Wheatear (Saxicola cenanthe) in the Forth District in January. 



— On 2nd January, while sitting in a shelter on the south side of 

 Cramond Island, waiting for some duck that were drifting round 

 with the tide, I was surprised to see a Wheatear alight on a stone on 

 the rising ground behind me. It was within easy shot, but, trusting 

 to get a chance later on, I did not fire, and so missed the only 

 opportunity I had of securing it. In summer Cramond Island is a 

 favourite haunt of this bird. — Charles Campbell, Dalmeny Park. 



Bluethroat (Cyanecula) in Moray. — On 15th September 1890, 



1 saw at Hopeman, on the coast near Elgin, a Bluethroat. I 

 followed the bird for some time, and with the aid of a strong 

 telescope identified it beyond a doubt, though it would be impos- 

 sible to say to which of the two forms it belonged. — H. Brinsley 

 Brooke, Forres. 



Bohemian Waxwing" (Ampelis garrulus) in Scotland. — During 

 the months of January and February the Waxwing has occurred in 

 many districts in Britain. The following occurrences have been 

 recorded from Scottish localities so widely separated as Wick and 

 Golspie (Sutherland), Inverewe (West Ross), New Pitsligo (Dee), 

 Carse of Gowrie (Tay), Roxburgh (Tweed), and Mugdoch (Solway). 



'1 he " Dundee Advertiser " of 9th January records a specimen 

 shot near Enrol, in the ("arse of Gowrie \ and Mr. \V. A. Brown, 



2 Grosvenoi Terrace, Dundee, writes that four more were seen and 

 two shot between Dundee and Krrol, shortly after the date of this 

 paragraph. On 9th January one was shot near New Pitsligo, 



Aberdeenshire, by Mr. J. Burnett of Glasgow. The "Rod and 

 Gun' 1 of 4th February mentions a specimen received from Mr. 

 George Lawson of Golspie by Messrs. W. A. Mackay and Sons, 



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