i62 THE SCOTTISH NATURALIST 



A Woodcock, at Darvel, had a " late nest " and four eggs 

 in a clump of nettles next day, while on the 30th Willow- 

 Tits and Wood-warblers were feeding young at Balavil 

 (Inverness-shire). On 1st July we have notes of young 

 Mallard, Wigeon, and Pochard on Loch Insh (Inverness- 

 shire) ; on the 9th the cliff breeding birds on the Isle 

 of May had many young, some Kittiwakes having quite 

 small babies, while others were well grown. On the 15th 

 many Gannets, one, two, and three years old, were seen 

 about the Bass. 



The first record of Twites breeding on Ailsa Craig comes 

 on 20th July, when two young were seen being fed by their 

 parents (i. 1914, 213); and on the same day Gad wall and 

 young were seen on the loch in Caithness where they bred 

 in 1 9 14, and on the 21st a female and four young were seen 

 on another loch about thirty miles distant (i. 1915, 94). 

 On the Sands of Forvie, the young Common Terns suffered 

 much from the unfavourable weather in the last week in 

 July; on 9th August forty dead chicks were seen in half an 

 hour, and many others were apparently recovering from partial 

 starvation (i. 1914, 275). Willow Tits were heard calling 

 at Lauder Manse on 14th August; the species is described 

 as a " rare bird in Lauderdale." On the 22nd a fledged 

 Goatsucker was shot at the base of the Cairnmovearn, Kin- 

 cardineshire (i. 1914,238). Several late nests are recorded ; 

 on 2nd September Greenfinches' nests with young were 

 found at Darvel and Glenorchard, at the latter place on 

 the 6th a Swallow had young, not fully fledged, and on 

 27th September a Wood-pigeon at Darvel had young still 

 in the nest. 



Winter. 



The most important event of the winter of 191 3-14 was 

 the immigration of Waxwings, which took place in the end 

 of 1913 and beginning of 1914, the species being recorded 

 from many parts of Scotland. Besides this immigration, no 

 unusual event took place. Fieldfares and Redwings in very 

 large numbers are reported from various parts of Scotland 



