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Little Bustard in Scotland. The previous records are as follows : 

 near Montrose, in 1833; at St Andrews, on March 6, 1840; at 

 Halkirk, Caithness, in June 1848; near Elgin, on February 8, 1861 ; 

 and "Dee," Nov. 1873 and Dec. 1889.— Eds.] 



Black-tailed Godwits and Green Sandpiper in Solway. 

 — As the Black-tailed Godwit {Limosa limosa) has rarely been 

 recorded from Solway, we heard with interest of four that had been 

 shot at Skinburness (Cumberland). One was procured about 27th 

 August 191 1, the rest on 30th August. A Green Sandpiper (Helo- 

 dromas ochropus) also occurred at the same place on the latter date. 

 We have to thank Mr Hugh Mackay, Royal Scottish Museum, for 

 bringing these records to our notice, and for obtaining permission 

 for us to publish them. — Leonora Jeffrey Rintoul and Evelyn 

 V. Baxter, Largo. 



Whimbrel in "Forth" in Winter. — On 25th November 

 last (191 1), I was somewhat surprised to come upon a Whimbrel 

 (Nume?nus phceopi/s) on a rocky part of the coast about 2 miles 

 west of North Berwick. It was not at all shy, allowing me to 

 approach within 35 yards of it, when it flew away, uttering the 

 unmistakable call-notes. This is the only occasion on which I 

 have myself seen the Whimbrel here in winter ; but there is an old 

 record — in the Scots Magazine — of one found frozen to death on 

 Aberlady beach in November 1807; and Mr T. G. Laidlaw has 

 recorded in the Annals that two were seen on the coast of East 

 Lothian in February 1899. — William Evans, Edinburgh. 



Whimbrel in December. — While shore-shooting at Aberlady 

 Bay, East Lothian, on 26th December 191 1, I obtained a Whimbrel 

 {Ninnenius phceopus), which was in good feather and showed no 

 signs of injury. I saw one at Aberlady in November, but I have 

 never seen one as late as 26th December. — R. Linton Ritchie, 

 Tranent. 



Black Tern in East Lothian.— On 31st August 191 1 I had 

 the good fortune to obtain a specimen of the Black Tern (Hydro- 

 chelidon ?iigra) at Aberlady Bay in this county. The bird, which 

 was in good feather, was an immature female and quite alone. The 

 previous two or three days had been marked by fairly strong 

 westerly winds accompanied by rain.— R. Linton Ritchie, Tranent. 



Orthoptera from the North of Scotland, 1911.— Col. J. 

 W. Yerbury was good enough to collect for me a box of insects, 

 belonging to various more or less neglected orders, while on a visit 

 to Inverness and Sutherland during the past summer. Amongst 

 them were a few Orthoptera. A male example of the Common 



