I 3 (12 



14 (15 



15 (14 



NOTES 139 



. Mid tibia with one antero-dorsal bristle. 

 . Legs all black, hind tibia with an antero-dorsal row of 

 short bristles. 15 coracina, Lw. 



. Legs with the knees distinctly yellow; fore tibia two- 

 bristled. 26 genitalis, Stn. 

 . Mid tibia without a ventral bristle. 

 . Base of abdomen translucent yellow, or thorax distinctly 



three-striped. 



. Thorax three-striped, fore knees yellow, hind tibia with two 



antero-ventral bristles. 8 canicularis, L. 



. Thorax uniform black-grey; fore knees black, hind tibia 



with one antero-ventral bristle. 9 diffieilis, Stn. 



Abdomen never translucent yellow at base, dorsum never 



three-striped. 

 Fore tibia with a small bristle in addition to the preapical 



one. 

 Mid femora with the basal, long, ventral bristle present. 



7 sea /art's, F. 

 Mid femora without the ventral bristle. 



23 incisurata, Ztt. 

 (To be continued) 



NOTES. 



Supposed Blue-headed Wagtail in " Dee." — It seems 

 advisable to publish a contradiction of an inaccurate record which 

 was unfortunately printed in the Aberdeen Daily Journal for 23rd 

 April 1 91 2, in case the inaccuracy should find its way into scientific 

 writings. The note in question states that a pair of Blue-headed 

 Wagtails (Motacilla flava) had been observed at Durris, Kincardine- 

 shire, on the evening of 19th April, and further that the male had 

 been shot and sent to Marischal College, University of Aberdeen, 

 for identification. The specimen had indeed been sent to me, but 

 proved to be an adult male Wheatear {Saxicola cenanthe) ! It was 

 unfortunate that a correspondent had already communicated the 

 supposed record to the paper in question. The mistake apparently 

 arose from the correspondent's attempt to determine the species 

 from an inaccurate verbal description of the specimen. — A. Lands- 

 borough Thomson, Aberdeen. 



Early Occurrence of the Swallow in Delting, Shetland. 



— On 30th March I received from Miss L. Moodie, Brae, a 



