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specimen, on 8th June (i. 191 5, 104). Two Icterine Warblers 

 {Hypolais icterind) are reported from Pentland Skerries on 

 lOth and nth June (i. 1914, 237), the first record of this 

 species for Orkney, and one was on Fair Isle on the latter 

 date (i. 191 5, 104). Barred Warblers {^Sylvia nisoria nisoria) 

 are again well represented. The most interesting record is 

 one from Lerwick on 14th June, this being the first time 

 the bird has been recorded in Scotland on northward 

 passage (i. 191 5, 143); in August and September there 

 are a good many records from Fair Isle (i. 191 5, 103), two 

 from Lerwick in August (G. T. Kay and S. Bruce), and 

 one from the Butt of Lewis on 23rd September (W. Eagle 

 Clarke). Black Redstarts {PJicenicurus ocliruros gibraltari- 

 etisis) too were plentiful. There are several records from 

 Pentland Skerries (J. Bain) and Fair Isle (i. 191 5, 104) 

 between 24th March and i8th April, one from the Isle of 

 May lantern on 30th April (S. Baigrie, bird sent), one killed 

 at Tarbatness lantern on 19th May (T. Allan, bird sent), 

 and single birds at Pentland Skerries on nth and 12th June 

 (J. Bain). Between 21st October and 5th November there 

 are again quite a lot of records of Black Redstarts from 

 Shetland (Sir A. Nicholson, J. Wilson, J. Tulloch), Pent- 

 land Skerries (J. Thomson), and Isle of May (S. Baigrie). 

 Red - spotted Bluethroats, doubtless Luscinia svecica gdtkei, 

 are noted on Fair Isle on 7th, 8th, nth, and 12th June 

 (i. 191 5, 105), and on Pentland Skerries on loth June 

 (J. Bain) ; while on 22nd September a continental Hedge- 

 sparrow {^Prunella niodularis modiilaris) was procured at the 

 Butt of Lewis, the first record of the typical form for the 

 Outer Hebrides (W. Eagle Clarke). A Greenland Falcon 

 {Fa/co rusticolus candicans) is reported from Eoligarry (O.H.) 

 on 20th October (W. Macgillivray), and Hobbies {Falco 

 subbuteo subbuteo) appeared on Fair Isle on 9th June and 

 2 1st November (i. 1915, 105); while two Ospreys {^Pandion 

 halidctus Jialidctus) were seen at the Beauly Firth on 21st 

 September (i. 1915, 93). On 17th July three Ruddy 

 Shelduck {Casarca ferrugined) were observed on the Beauly 

 Firth (i. 191 5, 93), and an adult male Smew {Mergus albellus) 

 was on Duddingston Loch from 20th to 29th March (i. 19 14, 



