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a flock of fifty at Fowlsheugh on 18th, and two drakes at Fair Isle 

 from 26th to 30th June and 3rd and 4th July. Two had returned 

 to Largo Bay on 12th August, a male at Dornoch on 19th August, 

 great flocks at St Andrews on 4th September, and twenty-two at 

 Luce Bay on 13th October. 



The Velvet Scoter, Oidemia fusca fusca. — Great flocks are 

 noted in Largo Bay on 8th March, one at Fair Isle on 13th and 

 15th June, a few at St Andrews on 14th and 17th June, and about 

 a dozen at Tarbatness on 29th June. On 29th July three Velvet 

 Scoter were in Largo Bay, and one at St Andrews on 4th 

 September. 



The Goosander, Mergus merga7ner }?ierga?iser. — A female was 

 at Castle Loch, Mochrum, on 14th January, and a male there 

 on 1 8th January. About a hundred are noted on the Beauly 

 Firth on 15th January, a male on the Tweed at Leaderfoot on 

 14th February, thirteen on the Tay Estuary on 8th March, and 

 three at the Dornoch Firth on 25th June. On 19th September seven 

 arrived at Hoy High, twenty-four on the Tay Estuary on 24th 

 October, and a male on Loch Chesney, Corsemalzie, on 27th 

 November. 



The Merganser, Mergus serrator. — Some movement is reported 

 from various stations between 7th March and 27th April, and 

 at Fair Isle one to five are noted between ist and 12th May. 

 A flock of twenty-three is recorded on Luce Sands on 13th June, 

 one of eight at St Andrews next day, three at Fair Isle on i8th, 

 and one on 24th June, loth and 27th July. From 26th September 

 to 28th October some movement is again recorded. 



The Smew, Meigus albellus. — An adult male was on Duddingston 

 Loch from 20th to 29th March (i. 1914, 118). See p. 154. 



The Gannet, Sula bassana. — The first records for the year 

 are of two at Whalsay Skerries on 29th January, two at Balcomie 

 (E. Fife) on loth February, and "numerous all day flying east" at 

 North Unst on 6th March. After this, notes of the species are 

 numerous. 



In autumn Gannets are reported pretty plentifully up to 20th 

 October; on 29th October some were about Balcomie, an immature 

 bird in Largo Bay on 7th November, a good many at the Butt 



