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than in the type. We have only once been fortunate 

 enough to see this bird alive, when the absence of yellow 

 in the plumage struck us very forcibly, and the black legs 

 were much more conspicuous than we would have expected. 



{To be continued.) 



Comparison of Danish and Scottish Ornithological 

 Movements in 1914. — As the Danish Report on Ornithology 

 {Fuglene ved de danske Fyr, i., 1914) contains so much of interest 

 to Scottish ornithologists, and many of the movements recorded 

 therein correlate so closely with those observed in our own country, 

 we think it well to draw attention to the more outstanding points 

 in this interesting publication. The records from which it is 

 compiled are derived exclusively from observations made at the 

 lighthouses and lightships round the coast, only a very small 

 percentage being daylight observations. Perhaps the most striking 

 similarity between the two reports is found in the movement of 

 Dotterel, which took place in the end of August. On the last two 

 nights of the month the species is recorded from the lanterns of 

 the Isle of May and Mull of Galloway ; in some numbers at both 

 places. At the Lynvig lightship a large number were seen in the 

 rays on the night of the 2 9th-3oth, and six were killed. Another 

 instance hardly less interesting is found in the movements of Great 

 Tits ; these are recorded from various stations in Denmark, in 

 considerable numbers in October, and it will be remembered that 

 arrivals of this species took place on Fair Isle and in Shetland 

 during the same period. There are also many interesting records 

 of the spring and autumn migrations of Skylarks, Starlings, Red- 

 breasts, Turdina;, Waders, etc., and a study of the two reports will 

 show how closely these agree with those which take place in our 

 own country. One thing which strikes the student of the Danish 

 records is the number of ducks which are killed at the lanterns. 

 These birds do not appear to be much attracted by light, as a rule, 

 but here we find Black Scoter, Scaup, Goldeneye, Mallard, and 

 Eider, and in addition to the ducks mentioned Brent Geese, Coots, 

 Moorhens, a Razorbill, and a Little Auk, striking the lanterns. 

 There are also brief notes on the more uncommon birds which 

 have occurred during the year ; these include a Ruddy Sheldrake, 

 a Bustard {Otis tetmx), a Bee-eater, an Oriole, a Lapland Bunting, 

 and a Long-tailed Tit, which has been identified as Acredula 

 caudata rosea. — Evelvn V. Baxter and Leonora Jeffrev 

 RiNTOUL, Largo. 



