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Forth, near Meiklewood, above Stirling, on loth April. On 30th 

 September a flock of fifty were seen flying towards Greenlaw 

 Moor (a winter haunt of the species), nine were on the Beauly 

 Firth on 4th October, and one was found dead between Leith 

 and Joppa after the great December storm. 



The Barnacle Goose, Branta leucopsis. — On 26th April large 

 flocks were leaving the Flannans for the north, and a Barnacle 

 Goose was shot two miles from Galson on 7th May. 



On 1 8th October Barnacle Geese had returned to Eoligarry, 

 and twenty were seen at the Flannans two days later. On ist 

 November one was at the Pentland Skerries, and a flock passed 

 the Butt of Lewis going south, while on 5th November two were 

 at the former station. 



The Brent Goose, Branta bernicla. — Twenty are reported at 

 Fairlie, Ayr, on 20th January, and single birds at Fair Isle on 12th 

 and 1 6th January and 7th May, while on 15th May twelve to 

 fifteen were on the Moray Firth (i. 19 14, 173). On 19th October 

 twenty-five arrived at Fair Isle and three were seen there on the 

 2ist, while in the last week of October Brent Geese appeared 

 on Big Cockle Sand, Barra. On nth December "large lots" 

 were passing Lossiemouth in the early morning, about twenty 

 were at Deerness on 19th December, and twelve at the Dornoch 

 Firth on 22nd December. 



The Sheldrake, Tadorna tadorna. — On 19th February two 

 arrived at Deerness, eighty were seen in Wigtown Bay on 27th 

 February, one at the Killantringan lantern on 3rd May, a few 

 at Devaar on 14th and i8th May, and three on Castle Loch, 

 Mochrum, on 20th June. 



Single birds are noted at Fair Isle on 17th August, Pentland 

 Skerries on 26th August and ist September, and Lerwick on 5th 

 September. About twenty were seen at Cardross (Clyde) on 17th 

 October. 



The Ruddy Sheldrake, Casarca ferruginea. — Three very wild 

 Ruddy Sheldrake are noted on the Beauly Firth on 17th July 

 (i- i9i5> 93)- See p. 154. 



The Mallard, Arias platyrhyncha platyrhyticha. — Up to 27th 

 April, notes of small numbers of Mallard come from stations in 



