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Immature Black-necked Grebe in Solway. — An im- 

 mature Black-necked Grebe {Colymbtis n. nigricollis) obtained 

 near Skinburness on July 29th, 1912, was sent to Mr. H. 

 Mackay for identification, and proved on dissection to be 

 a male bird of the year. Its occurrence at this period 

 is of great interest, and it seems possible that it may 

 have been bred somewhere in the neighbourhood {Scot. 

 Nat., 1912, p. 213). 



Turtle-Dove nesting on the Borders. — Mr. J. B. 

 Cairns writes to the Scottish Naturalist (1912, p. 186) from 

 Carlisle to say that the Turtle-Dove {Streptopelia t. turtur) is 

 " at present (22nd June) nesting within thj^ee miles of Gretna 

 Green, and a fledged young one is in the nest." It is not 

 stated on Avhich side of the border the nesting-place is situated 

 but presumably the Cumberland side is intended. 



Broad-billed Sandpiper in Tay. — Mr. W. Berry records 

 in the Scottish Naturalist, 1912, p. 212, the first Scottish 

 specimen of the Broad-billed Sandpiper (Limicola p. platy- 

 rhyncha). It was shot on August 12th, 1912, at the Morton 

 Lochs, near Tentsmuir, Fifeshire, and was in company with 

 another bird which appeared to be of the same kind. Mr 

 Berry believes that he saw one of these birds on August 1st. 

 The specimen obtained was identified in the flesh by Mr. 

 Eagle Clarke, and has been presented by Mr. Berrj^ to the 

 Royal Scottish Museum. 



Green Sandpipers in Tay and Solway. — A specimen of 

 Tringa ocrophus was seen by the Misses Baxter and Rintoul 

 on June 28th, 1912, at Morton Loch, Fife (Scot. Nat., 1912, 

 p. 186. At the same locality in August, 1912, Mr. W. Berry 

 noticed several Greenshanks {Tringa nehularia) and at least 

 three Green Sandpipers {torn, cit., p. 212), Mr. J. G. Gordon 

 flushed a pair of Green Sandpipers on the afternoon of 

 August 5th at Soulseat Loch, Inch, WigtoMTishire {torn, 

 cit., p. 211). 



Correction. — Mr. H. W. Robinson writes to us that the 

 first recorded instances of the nesting of the Common Eider 

 in Ireland {supra, p. 106) took place on a small island off 

 the coast of co. Donegal, and not co. Down as there stated. 



