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whistle, and that Naumann's syllabication is exceedingly good and 

 recognisable ; but that the note is utterly unlike that of the 

 Common Redshank, and could never be confused with it for a 

 moment. In connection with my brother's believed familiarity 

 with it, I am interested to find the following note in Dresser : 

 "Its" (the Black-winged Stilt's) "call-note resembles not a little 

 that of the Spotted Redshank {Tota?iiis fuscus\'^ and Naumann 

 says that only a very practised ear can detect the difference. It 

 consists of a clear, loud, flute-like whistle, but is not very often 

 uttered, for, as a rule, it is rather a silent bird than otherwise. 

 These Spotted Redshanks, on the contrary, were calling continu- 

 ously when on the wing, until they were out of hearing. — William 

 Berry, Newport, Fife. 



Nightjar in the Island of Lewis.— I send you a specimen 

 of the Nightjar {Capriniulgus europceus) which I received to-day 

 (i8th July) from Bragar, Barvas. I send it more particularly 

 because Howard Saunders, in his Manual of British Birds (2nd 

 edition), says that it does not frequent the Outer Hebrides. — 

 D. Mackenzie, Stornoway. 



[Since the account of this species in last edition of Saunders' 

 Manual was written, the Nightjar has been recorded to have 

 visited the Outer Hebrides on two occasions, namely Island Ghlaiss 

 in August 1897, and in North Uist in June 1907. Mr Mackenzie's 

 record appears the first instance to be made known of the bird's 

 appearance in the " Long Island." — Eds.] 



Dryocaetes autographus, Ratz., in East Lothian. — The 



paucity of records of this Bark Beetle for Scotland, or indeed for 

 Britain, as disclosed in Mr J. W. Munro's note in the Scottish 

 naturalist for April last, would seem to be sufficient justification 

 for the following further record from another county. In the 

 vicinity of Gifford, East Lothian, a number of coniferous plantations 

 have been cut down during the last few years. On 17th October 

 1 916, in one of these clearings, I detected the borings oi Dryoccetes 

 autographus in the bark of a spruce stump, and soon had the 

 satisfaction of bringing to light a number of the beetles themselves. 

 Another spruce stump and a fallen tree of the same species were 

 also tenanted. Systematic search for it by one acquainted with its 

 habits would, I feel sure, show D. autographus to be widely dis- 

 tributed in Scotland.— William Evans, Edinburgh, 



Scottish Records of Braconidse. — -The following Scottish 

 records are given by Claude Morley in the June issue of the 



