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January and February. A lot of Little Auks arc recorded in 

 January — these were, as was to be expected, most numerous 

 on the east coast and in the Northern Isles, but there are 

 also a good many notes of individuals driven inshore, and 

 of others on the west coast. These are all probably the 

 remains of the wreck which occurred in the end of 1914. 

 Otherwise the winter seems to have been a normal one, and 

 there is nothing else reported worthy of notice here. 



For the last six weeks of 191 5 there is little to record ; the 

 usual winter visitors were present, but they do not seem 

 to have been in unusual numbers with the exception of 

 Redwings. These are reported in very large numbers from 

 East Fife and East Renfrew ; at the latter place they 

 were seen feeding on haws, and after the heavy snowfall in 

 November were so tame that they sat on the thorn bushes 

 till they could almost be poked off with a stick. Pied 

 Wagtails were more numerous than usual in Dundee, and 

 flocks of as many as two hundred Goldfinches were seen in 

 Wigtownshire in November and December. At the Butt of 

 Lewis a small flock of Corn-buntings remained throughout 

 the winter, and a few Skylarks were there in November and 

 December, and Gannets were seen nearly up to the end of 

 the year (i. 1916, 58). There were no Coots on the loch 

 at the Butt of Lewis although they were not " frozen out," 

 Starlings and Golden Plover were scarce. Curlew, on the 

 other hand, were numerous, and a good many Wigeon were 

 seen occasionally. Duck were few on Lindores and Kilcon- 

 quhar Lochs after the hard weather in November and very 

 few were seen at Crosswood, while Eider were very scarce 

 at the Isle of May. Large flocks of Wood-pigeons were 

 present in East Fife and Wigtownshire this winter, and at 

 the latter place Stockdoves, too, were unusually plentiful. 

 The only records of Little Auks in numbers come from 

 Pentland Skerries. 



Ringing. 



There are some very interesting records to come under 

 this heading in 191 5, and we once more congratulate 

 Mr Witherby on the excellent work done by the " British 



