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— the plover escaped. A pair of these birds had a nest on the 

 Isle of May, in 1869. 



Honey Buzzard (Perm's apivorus). — One shot near Bal- 

 caskie, in September, 1863. 



Great Grey Shrike ( Lanius excubitor). — A specimen shot 

 at Kenley, in February or March, 1845. 



Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio). — Mr. R. Gray states, 

 in Turnbull's " Birds of East Lothian," that an example of this 

 shrike was killed near Cupar Fife, 1861. 



Shore Lark ( Alauda alpcstris). — Two specimens of this 

 bird were caught at a farm in the neighbourhood of St. Andrews, 

 in the winter of 1865. Another was shot at the " Out-head," 

 St. Andrews, on the 31st December, 1869 : it appeared to be 

 associating with Meadow Pipits, one of which was killed along 

 with it. 



Rose-coloured Pastor (Pastor roscusJ.—A fine male was 

 shot near Cupar Fife, in August, 1S63. (Mr. R. Gray, in "Birds 

 of East Lothian.") 



Jay (Garrulus glandarius). — This bird, which was not un- 

 common at one time, has now become rare in the east of 

 Fife. There was one shot at Waterless Wood, in September, 

 1868. 



Great Spotted Woodpecker (Pious major). — One shot in 

 Dura Den, in October, 1863. In the autumn of 1868, a con- 

 siderable number of specimens of this bird were obtained in the 

 east of Fife : indeed, that year they seem to have occurred here 

 and there along all the east coast. I examined a number of 

 those from the east of Fife : they were all birds of the year. 



Little Bustard ( Otis tttrax). — A female shot at Burnside, 

 on the 6th March, 1840. 



Great Plover ( ' CEdicnemus crepitans ). — A specimen of this 

 bird was shot in a turnip field, at Stravithie, near St. Andrews, 

 on the 27th January, 1858. 



Dotterel ( Charadrius morincllus). — One obtained at Lar- 

 goward, in the spring of 1866 ; another at Kenley, in the 

 spring of 1868. 



Common Bittern (Botaurus stellaris). — I have only seen 

 the Bittern once in Fife. This was in the winter of 1858, 

 when one was started, after a good deal of trouble, out of a 



