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Central Ross-shire; George W. Stout, Clyde ; John Robert- 

 son, Cathcart ; T. Thornton Mackeith, Kilmacolm ; Thomas 

 Malloch, West Renfrew; Nicol C. Hopkins, Darvel ; James 

 Bartholomew, Beattock and Stirlingshire ; John Craig, Beith. 

 In the Southern group, to — The Rev. William MacConachie, 

 Lauder ; Andrew Anderson, Braidshawrigg, Lauder ; T. G. 

 Laidlaw, Duns ; G. P. Brown, Longcroft, Oxton ; William 

 T. Blackwood, Peebles ; A. C. Gairns, Broughton ; Gilbert 

 D. Davidson, Melrose ; J. B. Hough, New Galloway ; David 

 Mowat, Killantringan ; James M. M'Culloch and G. Mackie, 

 Little Ross; J. G. Gordon, Corsemalzie ; Charles Braid, Mull 

 of Galloway. 



The under-mentioned are on active service with His 

 Majesty's Forces : Colonel R. Drummond Hay, 2nd Lt. 

 G. G. Blackwood, A. Davidson, Reginald Page, Capt. S. E. 

 Brock, Major C. H. Alston, and 2nd Lt. A. Landsborough 

 Thomson. Lt. L. N. G. Ramsay, we regret to say, was 

 killed in action in France. Mr Ramsay was a very dis- 

 tinguished student at Aberdeen and Cambridge ; he was 

 also an ardent lover of natural history, and his death is 

 a great loss to this Report. 



We are indebted to the Weather Report of the Meteoro- 

 logical Office for meteorological data, and we continue to 

 follow Dr Hartert in his nomenclature, etc. 



The following abbreviations will be used in this Report : — 



1. = TJie Scottish Natii7'alist. 



2. = The Glasgozv Naturalist. 



3. = British Birds (magazine). 

 (L) = Lantern. 



O.H. = Outer Hebrides. 



Only one new bird is recorded this year for Scotland, 

 this very interesting addition to the list being the Aquatic 

 Warbler. The incursion of Waxwings, to which we referred 

 in the 191 3 Report, continued to be evident in the beginning 

 of 1914; these sporadic immigrations of types such as the 

 Waxwing, Crossbill, and Sandgrouse are always interesting, 

 and have, so far, defied all efforts at explanation. It is 

 not always easy to work out the influence of the meteor- 



