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ones frequented the bay ; many nest on Rhona, the h'ttle 

 island north of Raasay. I did not see Terns till 23rd July, 

 but after that there were always several pairs in the bay, 



Gannets appeared fishing in the bay on 2nd August, and 

 from then till I left I saw a few every day. 



After the nth July there were a great many Spotted 

 Flycatchers with young ones. 



Swallows were not common ; I only saw two flying over 

 the inland loch one evening and one near the house on 

 another occasion. 



Reed Bunting — I saw one female. Mr Collier reports it 

 uncommon. 



The other birds I saw were : — 



Stonechat — saw a few males in beautiful plumage ; 

 Hooded Crow— common and remarkably bright and distinct 

 in colouring ; Bullfinch — common ; Grey Wagtail — several 

 pairs ; Pied Wagtail — common ; Blackbirds and Thrushes — 

 quite common but not very numerous ; Woodpigeons— 

 common ; Common Sandpipers — numerous ; Rockpipit — 

 numerous; Yellow-hammers — common; Wheatears — a few 

 pairs ; Wren — common ; Meadow-pipit— common ; Willow 

 Warblers— a few ; Whitethroats — very few ; Oystercatchers 

 — common ; Herons, Curlew, Black-backed Gull, Herring 

 Gull, and Common Gull — numerous. 



The Capercaillie in Renfre-wshire. — In the paper on the 

 Birds of Renfrewshire {Scottish Naturalist, 191 5, p. 269), it 

 is specially noted that all the known records refer to females. 

 Another female was reported to me in April near here Dr Macfie 

 of Langhouse, Inverkip, writes me:— "On the 19th of August 1916, 

 the gamekeeper and I were within six yards of a young cock 

 Capercaillie, sitting in a fir-tree. It flew off, and I could easily have 

 shot it. Since then the keeper has seen three or four hens 

 and another cock. The one I saw on the 19th was a young cock, 

 probably a last year's bird." As these are the first definite records 

 of the male occurring in the county, they are worthy of being 

 recorded. — T. Thornton Mackeith, Kilmacolm. 



