REPORT ON SCOTTISH ORNITHOLOGY IN I915 201 



The Gannet, Sula bassana. — A Gannet is recorded from 

 Whalsay Skerries on 4th January, on the 8th the Butt of Lewis has 

 " Gannets passing earlier and more numerously than in previous 

 years," and on 14th January records come from Lerwick and the 

 Isle of May. On 22nd and 23rd January many were seen at sea off 

 Fair Isle, and hundreds near the Bass by the end of January. They 

 landed on the rock at this last station on 8th February, and on 15th 

 February the first immature bird was observed there, those seen 

 previously having all been adults. There are many notes of Gannets 

 after this from our coasts and islands, and on ist May an adult was 

 found, dead but quite fresh, on the moor at Corsemalzie, 7 miles 

 inland. Gannets are recorded steadily up to mid-October; on loth 

 October some were seen in Lerwick Harbour, which our corre- 

 spondent notes as "a very unisual occurrence." .On 27th October 

 an adult is reported from Largo Bay, a good many at the Butt of 

 Lewis at the end of November, and several there up to the end of 

 the year. Mr Clyne records fully the local movements of Gannets 

 at the Butt of Lewis in 1915 in a most interesting paper (i. 1916, 

 55); we shall not attempt to go into the matter in the space at our 

 disposal, but refer our readers to the original article. 



The Storm Petrel, Hydrobates pelagiciis. — Birds of this species 

 are reported from the Muckle Flugga lantern on 4/5th August, 

 Tiumpanhead lantern at i a.m. on 9th August, Sule Skerry lantern 

 at II P.M. on 13th August, and Whalsay Skerries lantern at i a.m. 

 on 1 8th August. 



The Sooty Shearwater, Puffinus griseus. — Single birds are 

 noted at the Butt of Lewis on 19th and 25th July. See p. 152. 



The Fulmar, Fiibnarus glacialis glacialis. — Many Fulmars are 

 noted at Fair Isle on 12th and 18th January, two at Lerwick on 

 14th January, several at Whalsay Skerries from 14th February, and 

 about the Butt of Lewis from 8th April. On 13th June one was 

 seen at St Abbs (i. 1915, 310), -'vnd single birds were found dead at 

 Tayport on 19th August, and the Dornoch Firth on 30th September. 

 On 5th November they "returned to the cliffs" at North Unst. 



The Great Crested Grebe, Colymbus cristatiis cristatiis. — A 

 Great Crested Grebe was on the sea in Luce Bay on 23rd January, 

 two or three off Balcomie (E. Fife) on nth February, three on the 

 Castle Loch (Wigtownshire) on 25th February, one on Kilconquhar 

 Loch on 20th April, and two pairs above the Tay Bridge from 25th 



