ZOOLOGICAL NOTES 269 



Glen in an exhausted state after a severe storm, in March 1884, 

 and which is noted in "A Vertebrate Fauna of the Outer Hebrides," 

 by Messrs. Harvie-Brown and Buckley. I was therefore not a little 

 pleased to meet with one in very beautiful plumage in this island 

 on the 25th of July last. It was in a small plantation, through 

 which a stream well stocked with sticklebacks and small trout 

 flows, and owing to the rapid way in which it darted in and out 

 through the trees whenever I approached, I thought at first there 

 were two birds, but could not make sure of this. I contrived, 

 however, to drive one bird out beyond the plantation. The 

 weather was very fine at the time, and as the locality was favour- 

 able, I thought it would have remained with us at least for a time, 

 but although I went back to the place several days in succession, 

 I failed to see the stranger again. — John MacRury, Barm. 



Nesting* of the Stock Dove (Columba cenas, L.) in Banffshire. 



— In April last I obtained two nests of the Stock Dove in the braes 

 of Glenlivet — one in a crevice among the rocks on the summit of 

 Caen Dregnie, at an elevation of nearly 2000 feet; the other in a 

 hole in the heathery bank of a burn on the face of Caen Suidhe. 

 The keeper on the Blairfindy shootings also informed me that he 

 had often seen their nests among the heather on the steep face of 

 the Bochel, an isolated hill in the upper part of the glen. There 

 is little evidence to show whether this is a recent extension of 

 breeding range, as the bird may hitherto not have been dis- 

 tinguished from the Ring Dove, which is very abundant in the 

 locality. — Lionel Hinxman. 



Turtle Dove (Turtur communis, Selby) near Wiek. — A male 

 Turtle Dove was obtained near Wick on the 7th of June. I note 

 that one of these birds usually occurs in this district about once 

 in every fourth year. — Lewis Dunbar, Thurso. 



Turtle Dove {Turtur communis, Selby) in Sutherland. — On 

 Sunday, August 31st, I observed a Turtle Dove near the mouth of 

 the Strathy River in the north of Sutherland. Luckily I had my 

 glass with me, or should not have been able to make out to 

 what species the strange bird belonged. — T. E. Buckley, Inverness. 



Occurrence of the Ruff (Machetes pugnax) in Tiree. — Mr. P. 



Anderson writes us as follows : — " I beg to enclose a bird which 1 

 take to be a Ruff or Reeve. But I don't know for certain. It is 

 a new bird for Tiree, whatever it is. I saw it feeding in a marsh on 

 Sunday, where it staved until Tuesday morning, when I shot it. It 

 was very tame, and instead of flying away it lay flat, and tried to hide 

 when wounded. Its note was a sort of Hick Hick or kick-Kick." — 

 Eds. 



Ruddy Sheld Ducks ( Tadorna casarca, I..) in the Moray Firth. — 

 A pack of si\ Ruddy Sheld I >u< ks appeared near the mouth of the 



