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puiris, one Limncza peregra, a few Ancylus fluviatilis, and a few 

 Pisidi2//n pusi/him, all from the same locality, together with several 

 immature Hygromia striolata from Dunstaffnage Castle. 



In the same year, Mr G. A. Frank Knight submitted Hyalinia 

 cellaring Pyramidula rotundata^ and Pupa cylindracea, from islands 

 in Loch Ridden ; several Lttntnea peregra van ovata, and one Helix 

 aspersa, from Auchenlochan ; several Z. peregra var. ovata, from 

 Loch INIeldalloch, near Tighnabruaich ; Vitrina pellucida and 

 Pyramidula rotundata^ from Strachur, Loch Fyne ; one Ancylus 

 fluviatilis and several L. peregra, from the Pass of Brander, Loch 

 Awe ; one each of Hyalifita alliaria and H. nitidula, from islands 

 in Loch Awe ; and an example of Helicigona arbusioru??i taken at 

 700 feet alt., on Ben Chrois, i;iear Arrochar. 



All these were recorded by myself in the Annals of Scottish 

 Natural History for July 1895, pp. 152, 153, 154. 



[We hope to publish in our October issue a further article 

 by Mr Roebuck, dealing with the county of Wigtown, 

 Readers who are in possession of any Mollusca from this 

 area may materially assist by forwarding, without delay, 

 specimens to the address given above. — Eds.] 



Wryneck in Aberdeenshire. — I am informed that a male 

 Wryneck was sent to the University of Aberdeen from the Fraser- 

 burgh district in the second week of May 1916. Beyond the 

 statement that it had been brought alive to the sender a few days 

 previously, no details could be obtained, but the bird had presumably 

 been captured locally about that time. The species is seldom 

 recorded from this area. — A. Landsborough Thomson, Argyll and 

 Sutherland Highlanders. 



Goldcrest's unusual Nesting-place. — I hav^ just inspected 

 the nest and eggs of a Goldcrest, which exhibit a departure from the 

 normal in several respects. The nest was built in a privet hedge, 

 and consequently is not of the almost spherical form commonly 

 found in trees : this one is almost barrel-shaped. A small cavity at 

 the top contains the eggs, which are only four in number, so that 

 the bird appears to have deserted befoie the clutch was complete. 



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