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Report on Scottish Ornithology in 1911, including Migration. 

 By Evelyn V. Baxter and Leonora J. Rintoul, pp. iv. + 80, 

 1912. Edinburgh : Oliver & Boyd. \s. M. net. 



This Annual Report which has appeared for many years 

 in the Annals of Scottish Natural History now figures as a 

 separate publication. After some useful introductory sections 

 under headings such as " Species new to Scotland " ; " Birds 

 new to Faunal Areas " ; " Extension of Breeding Range " ; 

 " Migration " (under months), we come to the main body of 

 the Report, which is treated under species headings — a feature 

 which we are delighted to see restored, for the value of last 

 year's Report was greatly minimized by its omission. More- 

 over, this publication is provided with a full index, so that its 

 usefulness as a Avork of reference is assured. 



A most gratifying feature is the use throughout of the 

 nomenclature adopted in our Hand-List. This Report was 

 published very shortly after the Hand-List, and it is most 

 encouraging to find by this and other signs that the Inter- 

 national Rules by which our names are governed are obtaining 

 such quick recognition. It would seem that the long-desired 

 uniformity in nomenclature is really in sight. 



The main value of the Report is in its carefully collated 

 information on the movements of birds in Scotland. Of 

 records of rarities, there are few which have not already been 

 published, but we may note the following : — 



It is stated (p. 8) that a nest and eggs of the Common Scoter 

 {Oidemia n. nigra) were found in Shetland in the summer of 

 1911, but no particulars are vouchsafed. 



Two Hawfinches {Coccothraustes c. coccothraustes) were 

 reported from Cape Wrath, on October 15th, 1911. 



An immature Northern Bullfinch {Pyrrhula p. pyrrhula) is 

 recorded from Lerwick (Shetland), on October 19th, 1911. 



A Wood -Lark {Lullula a. arbor ea) was procured on Pentland 

 Skerries on October 21st, 1911. 



Yellow-browed Warblers {Phylloscopus s. superciliosus) were 

 noted on Fair Isle on October 11th and 16th, 1911, the only 

 records for Scotland for the year. 



A Hoopoe {Upupa e. epops) was obtained in Inverlaul deer 

 forest (W. Ross), in October, 1911. 



Two Pink-footed Geese {Anser hrachyrhynchus) were noted 

 at the Flannan Isles (Outer Hebrides) on April 18th, 1911. 



