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Palmen, Helsingfors, Finland, No. 545." On my return to 

 Edinburgh I communicated with Professor Palmen, who in reply 

 to my request informed me that the bird was ringed as a nestling 

 on the 30th of May 1914, on the south-western coast of Finland, 

 near the town of Bjorneborg, three others being ringed at the same 

 time. Professor Palmen further informed me that this is the third 

 instance of a bird ringed in Finland having been recovered in 

 the British Isles. The others are a chick Mallard ringed at North 

 Osterbotten on the 17th of June 1913, which was shot near Wick, 

 Caithness, on the loth of December 191 3, by the head keeper to 

 Sir John R. G. Sinclair, Bart. ; and a Tufted Duck, ringed on the 



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13th of July 1913, at Aland, and shot on Lough Neagh, Ireland, 

 on the 31st of December 1913. The professor also kindly tells me 

 that a Starling ringed in Berkshire on the 31st of January 19 12 was 

 found dead on the snow on the 17th of April the same year at 

 Masaby, near Helsingfors. — Wm. Eagle Clarke. 



Siberian ChifFchaff in Shetland (Lerwick, 28th October 

 1914). — Mr Theo Kay of Lerwick sent me on above date two 

 Chiffchaffs in the flesh — one of them being the Siberian form 

 {^Phylloscopus tristis). It was unfortunately severely shot, and the 

 sex could not be recognised. On 4th November I received a third 

 Chiffchaff, but this was of the Common form. — Charles Kirk, 

 Glasgow. 



The Recent Irruption of the Little Auk (Alle alle) in 

 Scotland. — Six specimens of this interesting visitant were picked 

 up in and around Perth about the middle of December. These 

 were as follows : — On the 12th December, one specimen alive in a 

 field near the Edinburgh Road. On the 13th, one specimen found 

 dead in a field near Bridge of Earn. On the 14th, one picked up 

 dead on railway embankment at Friarton. On the 15th, two 

 specimens found dead at Duncrub Park, Dunning. On the 17th, 

 one picked up dead at the Woody Island, near Perth. These 

 specimens were all brought to me at the Museum, and were in 

 normal condition. There had been a violent easterly gale on 

 Friday, iithinst., which had doubtless blown in a flock of these 

 little birds from the North Sea. — Henry Coaxes, Curator, Perthshire 

 Natural History Museum. 



Mr Jas. Lumsden, of Arden, reported seeing a Little Auk on Loch 

 Lomond during the second week of December; since then 

 specimens have been sent to me from following districts : — Arden, 

 Loch Lomond, 15th December; Tarrance of Campsie, 15th 

 December; Luss, i6th; Falkirk, i6th; Ayr, i6th December. It is 



