SOME NEW SCOTTISH AND BRITISH BIRDS n 



has twice bred in the Isle of Wight. It winters in Sene- 

 gambia, Haussaland, and Nigeria, and has been recorded from 

 Teneriffe. There is no previous authenticated record of the 

 Woodchat Shrike in Scotland. It is mentioned in Don's 

 Forfarshire list of 1 813, but without any data, and has there- 

 fore only been retained on the Scottish list in square 

 brackets. Our identification of the specimen was confirmed 

 by Mr Eagle Clarke, and we have presented it to the Royal 

 Scottish Museum. The following is a description of the 

 plumage of this interesting visitor : — Crown of the head and 

 upper surface generally white or greyish white barred with 

 black, and with, rufous spots on the nape and sides of 

 the neck ; scapulars dull brown ; primaries and secondaries 

 brownish black, lighter at the tips ; lower half of primaries 

 and of the secondaries and their coverts edged externally with 

 pale rufous buff; basal half of the outer web of the primaries 

 white, forming a narrow wing bar ; primary coverts edged with 

 white ; centre tail feathers brownish black, outer ones dull 

 grey on the outer web and tips, greyish brown on the inner 

 web; under surface dull white, the feathers on the chesfand 

 flanks with narrow penultimate bands of black. 



Serin Finch (Serinus serinus) in Midlothian. 



By Oliver H. Wild. 



On 9th November 191 1, an adult male Serin Finch in full 

 winter plumage was captured in the southern suburbs of 

 Edinburgh by some bird-catchers. It was in company with 

 Lesser Redpolls, and is the first known instance of the 

 occurrence of the species in Scotland. I have presented 

 the specimen to the fine collection of British birds in the 

 Royal Scottish Museum. 



