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five pale blue eggs without markings at Beith, not a Pied 

 Flycatcher's. Plentiful, 4th August to 3rd September, Largo. 

 Last at Swordale, 12th September. Last on Isle of May, 25th 

 and 26th September (p. 13). 



M. PARVA (Red-breasted Flycatcher). — Butt of Lewis, ist November, 

 one (p. 48). Outer Hebrides, 3rd November, one (p. 3). 



HiRUNDO RUSTiCA (Swallow). — On 1 2th April one at Beith, and on 

 same date one at Cambuslang. Thereafter until 25 th inclusive, 

 not a single report ! From 26th till 3rd May inclusive, reports 

 from sixteen localities chiefly on and from 30th April. Lays 

 at Kirkliston, i6th May. On 4th July, at Mearns (Renfrew), 

 in a nest in which young had been brought out this year were 

 four eggs of the second laying slightly incubated. At Kirkliston 

 young still in nest on 21st September, and on October ist, in 

 Mull, second brood of a pair left with their parents. Corsock 

 (Kirkcudbrightshire), 22nd November. 



Chelidon urbica (House- Martin). — Abundant, Lamlash, 30th 

 April; ist May, Dairy (Ayr), and same date Colinsburgh (i); 

 other five localities on mainland, 2nd and 3rd respectively. 

 In Mull two pairs arrived, nth. On 27th June completes 

 nest at Mearns (Renfrew) in five days. At Mull second brood 

 left nest, 30th August. One in Mull on 5 th November. 



CoTiLE RiPARiA (Sand-Martin). — On 31st March at Lamlash (3) ; 

 at Rouken Glen (Glasgow) on 5th April, one, but this species 

 not again seen there till 3rd May (several). On 13th April at 

 Duddingston (i) (Evans). Chiefly observed from 27th April 

 till 7th May. Monach on 26th October. 



LiGURiNUS CHLORis (Greenfinch). — Sings at Colinsburgh on 24th 

 February, and nest and two eggs there, i6th April. 19th July, 

 ut Mearns, nest in hedge built almost entirely of sheep's wool. 

 Flocking in large numbers at Mull on 22nd August. Last 

 in song at Kirkliston on 24th August. A lot on the Isle of 

 May on 17th October (p. 14). Several at Butt of Lewis on 

 9th November. 



CoccoTHRAUSTES VULGARIS (Hawfinch). — At the Grove Gardens 

 (Galloway), 9th April, $ accidentally trapped ("Ann. Scot. 

 Nat. Hist," 1908, p. 253). At Tyneholm, Pencaitland, 3rd 

 July, young S (p. 48)- At Lauder (Berwick), 9 and one 

 young in August (/.r., pp. 252, 253). One in spring on the Fair 

 Isle (p. 71). 



Carduelis elegans (Goldfinch). — Cathcart (Renfrew), 21st March 

 (5); Williamwood (E. Renfrew)^ 22nd May (c^): Symington 

 (Lanark), 4th July, two pairs. 



