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got near Duns (i. 1916, 69), in July, and there are two 

 separate records of Ospreys {Pandton Jialiaetus halia'etus), 

 one in summer and one in autumn. On or about 20th 

 April a Bittern {Botmirus stellaris stellaris) was killed 

 at Loch Maddy (J. A. Harvie-Brown) ; and three Smews 

 {Mergus albellus) are recorded from Loch Ewe (W. Ross) on 

 loth January (W, Berry). Sooty Shearwaters {Pnffimis 

 griseus), one bird in each case, are noted at the Butt of Lewis 

 on 19th and 25th July (R. Clyne). The first record for Fair 

 Isle of the Red-necked Grebe {Colyvibus griseigena griseigend) 

 is of a female procured there on 9th February (i. 1916, 79). 

 In 191 5, Green Sandpipers {Tringa ocJiropiis) are recorded 

 from Luce Sands (J. G. Gordon), Fair Isle, Swona (J. Bain), 

 Balgray (i. 191 5, 357), and Bardowie, Stirlingshire (J. 

 Bartholomew). A Black-tailed Godwit {Liinosa liviosd) was 

 seen in Aberlady Bay on 7th August (i. 1916, 70), and 

 a Little Gull {Lams minutus) was found dead at Girlsta, 

 Shetland, on 21st September (J. Tulloch). Last on the list 

 is a Water-rail {Rallus aquaticus aquaticus) procured on 

 Hirta in autumn, and new to the St Kildan avifauna (i. 1916, 

 77)- 



Extension of Breeding Range. 



A further spread in the breeding range of the Hawfinch 

 took place in 191 5, a young bird of this species being picked 

 up on 1 8th July, "on the road which runs over the shoulder 

 of the Dunion into the valley of the Teviot. The presence 

 of the fledgling— it could not have been very long flown, 

 judging from the condition of its plumage— at this season of 

 the year, is pretty conclusive evidence that the nest in which 

 it was reared was in the neighbourhood of Jedburgh" 

 (W. W. M. in Scotsman). 



Some interesting observations have been published 

 this year on the extension of the breeding range of the 

 Crested Tit. Mr G. G. Blackwood records one in Nairn- 

 shire in May 191 5, which, from its actions, he believed 

 had a nest (i. 1915, 285); Mr Ogilvie Grant reports 

 the species in Ross-shire in October (3. ix. 182); and 



