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shootings, in 1879." This identification therefore rests with Mr. 

 Greenwood, who is since deceased. 



Short-Eared Owl. — Asia accipitrinus (Pallas). — Several were 

 sent in for preservation to the Edinburgh bird-stuffers about the 

 20th Oct., principally from the Lothians, where they are common 

 usually on migration. 



Long-Eared Owl. — Asio otus (Lin.). — Commoner than usual 

 this autumn. 



White-Tailed Eagle. — Hal/art?/* alMcilla (Lin.). — An albino 

 shot at Nesting in Shetland in Oct., 1880, as reported to me by 

 Mr. Garrioch, who has temporarily placed it in the Museum at 

 Lerwick. It was exhibited at Roy. Phys. Soc. meeting, Edin., in 

 Nov., 1880. 



Swift. — Cypselus apus (Lin.). — Mr. R. Service saw a departing 

 flock of Swifts on the evening of the 4th Aug., and he did not 

 observe more than a straggler or two after that. The particularly 

 early arrival of Swifts has been noticed also at Brampton, Cum- 

 berland, by Mr. G. Parkin, numbers breeding on the roofs of 

 houses there, and in the cliffs of Gillsland. They arrived this year 

 (1881) on the 4th May. 



Cuckoo. — Cuculus canorus, Lin. — Reported as scarcer than 

 usual in Islay in the summer of 1880. 



Swallow. — Hirundo rustica, Lin. — Of its latest appearance at 

 various localities I have a number of accounts. They stayed very 

 late this year in some places. From the Stewartry they usually 

 depart about the 24th-27th Sept., but Mr. Service saw them (in- 

 cluding also Martins, and Sand Martins) numerously on the 30th 

 Sept., again on the 2nd Oct., and one or two on the 5th, and 

 a friend saw several again on the 10th Oct. 



Swallows were reported as very scarce this summer — 1880 — in 

 Islay, which is difficult to account for. I have also reliable record 

 of the occurrence of the Swallow at Alloa as late as 13th Nov. in 

 1867. 



Kingfisher. — Alcedo ispida, Lin. — Kingfishers have appeared 

 again in the Stewartry by the 4th Nov., which is earlier than 

 they usually come, or than they came even in the autumn of 

 1878 — [see 2nd Report]. Sudden severe frost will naturally 

 so affect their food supply as to force them to migrate earlier; 

 and the same may be said of many species, such as the Little 

 Grebe [q. v.] King-fishers frequented the Carron up to 1st Jan., 



