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"hawking flies on the stubbles, springing up into the air 

 to secure insects disturbed by them or noticed flying by." 

 On 1st October Mr Evans records the usual gathering of 

 Pied Wagtails at the General Post Office, Edinburgh, in 

 the evening, and adds that a good many went to roost 

 in trees near the Scott Monument. 



In the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh, a Thrush 

 fed its young with daisy heads (i. 19 14, 290), while at 

 Morningside, on 29th and 30th June, a female Black- 

 bird (adult) was seen to eat forty-five daisy heads (i. 

 1914, 289). 



A pair of Ring-ouzels were seen on 26th March on 

 a " grassy bit by a deserted shepherd's hut in Earnscleugh 

 Glen," following one another alternately, in the love-making 

 way of the common Blackbird. Wheatears have been 

 seen on the Isle of May " eating the heads off the Moths 

 at the lantern when these were numerous," and at the same 

 station Greater Wheatears were observed in May, doing 

 a very pretty display and singing sweetly the while 

 (i. 1914, 200). 



In a Tawny Owl's nest at Largo (Fife) on 31st May 

 a dead Jackdaw was found ; the nest contained three eggs, 

 and the Jackdaw showed no outward sign of injury. On 

 29/30th October a " Brown Owl " lit on the grating of the 

 Mull of Galloway lantern, and seizing a Wheatear within 

 eighteen inches of the lightkeeper's eyes, made off with it. 



A female Sparrowhawk was flushed on 13th October 

 at Soulseat (Inch), plucking a freshly killed Golden Plover. 

 At Balcomie (Fife), on 27th March, a male Eider brought 

 a large mussel to the surface, and after several unsuccessful 

 attempts to swallow it, bolted it whole. Fulmars, at 

 Fowlsheugh, in June, displayed in a rather curious way, 

 opening their beaks wide and clattering loudly at each 

 other (i. 1914, 215). On 19th December a Red-necked 

 Grebe, which was fishing close inshore at Morrison's 

 Haven, remained under water usually for from thirty to 

 thirty-five seconds each time it dived, but once or twice 

 it was under water for forty seconds. On 24th June a 

 Wood-pigeon at Golspie feigned lameness to draw atten- 



