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Turtle-dove Nesting near Gretna Green. — Readers of the 

 Scottish Naturalist will be interested to learn that the Turtle-dove 

 (Turtur communis) is at present (22nd June) nesting within three 

 miles of Gretna Green, and a fledged young one is in the nest. — 

 James B. Cairns, Carlisle. 



Green Sandpiper in Tay. — On 28th June, at Morton Loch, 

 North Fife, we twice flushed a Green Sandpiper (Tringa ocrophns'). 

 The first time it only flew a short distance and alighted again, but 

 the second time it rose high in the air and went off due north. 

 There do not seem to be many previous records of the Green 

 Sandpiper for the Tay Area. — Evelyn V. Baxter and Leonora 

 Jeffrey Rintoul, Largo. 



The Greater Wheatear in Berwickshire. — On nth 

 May last a male Greater Wheatear (Saxicola osnanthe leucorrhoa) 

 was killed at the lantern of St Abb's Head Lighthouse, and kindly 

 forwarded to me by Mr J. Moore, assistant light-keeper. From 

 Barnsness Lighthouse, a few miles to the north, in Haddingtonshire, 

 Mr D. Budge sent me one which was obtained there on the night of 

 20th April. The wing measurement in both cases was over 100 

 mm. — William Evans, Edinburgh. 



The Great Crested Grebe in Peeblesshire, &c. — As the 

 Great Crested Grebe (Podiciftes cristatus) does not appear to have 

 been recorded from Peeblesshire, the fact that I saw a pair on 

 Portmore Loch on 14th April last may be worth mentioning. 

 They were swimming close together, and from their actions I should 

 not be surprised if they nested on the loch, though they may only 

 have been visitors from Gladhouse Reservoir, on the Midlothian side 

 of the county march, where I have reason to believe a pair bred last 

 year. I may also mention that a bird with a young brood was seen 

 on Clearburn Loch, Selkirkshire, in June 1910. — William Evans, 

 Edinburgh. 



Black-necked Grebe in Perthshire. — On 25th April I saw 

 a Black-necked Grebe (Colymbus nigricollis nigricollis), in full 

 breeding plumage, on a loch in Perthshire. It appeared to have 

 arrived with four Great Crested Grebes, with which it was swimming 

 about, and which were not there earlier, as I had been keeping a 

 constant look out for them. — M. Bedford, Woburn Abbey. 



Scottish Neuroptera. — During the summer of 191 1 Col. J. 

 W. Yerbury was good enough to take for me a few insects belonging 

 to this order. Our knowledge of the distribution of members of the 

 Neuroptera is very limited, and it will only be by the systematic record- 

 ing of captures — even of common species— that we shall be able to 



