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N. PHiEOPUS (Whimbrel). — At the Flannan Islands observed on 

 thirteen days from 4th May till 28th June; the largest party 

 a dozen, on 5th June. Again on 28th August. Several at 

 Butt of Lewis on 30th April, and large flock on 6th May. At 

 Sule Skerry on 7th May (5). Dunbar, 8th August (i) (Evans). 



Hydrochelidon nigra (Black Tern). — One (6) obtained, Hose- 

 law Loch, near Kelso, on 28th April — another in its company 

 ("Annals Scot. Nat. Hist.," 1908, p. 254). One at Peebles, 

 30th May (loc. cit. p. 254). One, immature, observed at 

 Aberlady, 29th August {ibid.). 



Sterna cantiaca (Sandwich Tern). — A few at Largo, 6th May, 

 and a few west of North Berwick, 9th (Evans). On 13th, 

 15 th, 17 th September, and 4th October, small numbers seen 

 at the Isle of May (p. 18). On 14th October, off Barsalloch 

 Point (Wigtown), one observed, believed to be this species 

 ("The Field," 24th October 1908, p. 721). 



S. FLUViATiLis (Common Tern). — Eight at Possil Marsh, Glasgow, 

 on 29th April ; Aberlady, ist May, a few; 6th, Largo, a good 

 many; nth, Sule Skerry, great numbers; 29th May, Butt of 

 Lewis, many first seen. One sitting on three eggs in Fife, 

 4th July. Several at Hopetoun, 4th October. 



S. macrura (Arctic Tern). — At Lerwick, i8th and 20th May. 



S. MiNUTA (Little Tern). — Kincraig Point, 20th May (2). 



Larus minutas (Little Gull). — One shot at Newburgh (Aberdeen) 

 ("The Field," i6th January 1909, p. 118). 



L. RiDiBUNDUS (Black-headed Gull). — In summer dress, Glasgow, 

 1 6th February. The persecution of the Lapwing in autumn 

 and winter by this species is the subject of notes in these 

 pages (1908, p. 255; 1909, pp. 50 and 117), but none of the 

 \vriters has noticed the fact to which Mr. Hugh W. Wilson 

 draws attention, viz. that with the advent of spring the Lap- 

 wing is the aggressor — at any rate that is the case on the 

 grass lands of Mearns Moor, where this species is common in 

 the nesting-season, and over which great numbers of Black- 

 headed Gulls are constantly passing to and from the great 

 gullery at Harelaw Dam. 



L. CANUS (Common Gull). — Hundreds of nests at Loch Awe on 

 23rd May, but only in one instance four eggs. 



L. Fuscus (Lesser Black-backed Gull). — Appears Glasgow Harbour, 

 i8th March (2); Mull, 28th (i). Beginning to lay at 

 Swordale, 2nd June. 



L. LEUCOPTERUS (Iceland Gull). — From 8th January till 4th April, 

 one in N.W. Mull. 



