226 The Scottish Naturalist. 



the central black line on the head, pronotu-.n, and scutellum. 

 The membrane scarcely developed, and the elytra consequently 

 shorter than the abdomen. Length 2 ^ -lines. 



The developed form is rare, the undeveloped common — and 

 to it, I think, should be referred the supposed undeveloped 

 form of the female of T. Saundersi, taken near Aberdeen, and 

 described by Messrs. Douglas & Scott, in the Ent. Alon. Mag, 

 v. 261. 



Teratocoris viridis frequents rough, rushy ground, near lakes 

 and rivers, and is probably not uncommon in such situations. 

 It appears in the perfect state about the end of June, and in 

 July. Besides Loch Rannoch, where the first specimen was 

 found, it has been taken in Ross-shire and Aberdeenshire by 

 myself, and in Dumfries-shire by Dr. Sharp. I have found it 

 at an elevation of 1,700 feet (Glen Callater). 



(To be continued. J 



Bare Birds in Fyvie— Blackcap Warbler ( Sylvia airicapilla). A 

 specimen of this warbler was seen near Fyvie Castle on 27th April last. This 

 is the second specimen of the bird seen in this locality. Wood Warbler 

 (Sylvia sibilatrix). Two specimens of this bird were seen here, and one of 

 them shot, in the beginning of May. Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus). A 

 fine specimen of this bird was captured alive at Mill of Tifty in January last 

 year, and another was seen here a few days ago.— G. Sim, Gourdas Fyvie, 

 16th May, 1872. 



Bohemian Waxwing in Fife.— When at Kinghorn. Fifeshire, lately, I 

 saw a fine specimen of the Bohemian Waxwing ( Bombvcilla garrula) that had 

 been shot in that neighbourhood last autumn. — A. T. Scott, Perth, May, 1872. 



Bare Birds at Aberdeen— On the morning of Thursday, 16th May, a 

 fine male specimen of the Blue-throated Redstart (Sylvia suecica, 

 Temm.y flew, in company with a Common Redstart, on board a fisherman's boat 

 while he was drawing his lines, but died about an hour after, evidently from 

 exhaustion. The bird was brought to me the same morning, and is now in my 

 possession. This is the first recorded instance of the occurrence of this species in 

 Scotland. PiED Fly-CATCHER {Musicapa atricapilla Linn.). Five specimens 

 of this species were shot in the month of May last, three of which were killed on 

 Old Aberdeen Links by Mr. Alexander Mitchell, one at Manar, Donsidc, and 

 another at Peterhead. Two were also previously recorded for Aberdeenshire : 

 viz., one at Hazelhead in 1842, and one at Bruckley Castle, 1849. — George 

 Sim, Aberdeen. 



Early arrival of the Swalk w.— A pair of swallows appeared on the 31st of 

 March, and the cuckoo was heard the first week of April, at Kirkennan— early 

 arrivals of these summer visitors. — W. Douglas Robinson, Kirkennan, Dal- 

 beattie, Kirkcudbrightshire, 12th April, 1872, 



