NOTES. 



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NEST OF A LITTLE GREBE IN A BOAT-HOUSE ON RADNOR MERE. 



Red-spotted Bluethroat in the Clyde Area. — On 

 May 14th, 1910, Mr. G. Stout saw a specimen of Cyanecula 

 suecica near Carmyle in the Clyde valley {An7i. S.N.H., 1910, 

 p. 182). Mr. Stout is perfectly familiar with the bird through 

 his work on Fair Isle. This is said to be an addition to the birds 

 of the Clyde area and the second spring record for the Scottish 

 mainland. 



Lesser Whitethroat in the Clyde Area. — On May 20th, 

 1910, Mr. G. Stout saw an example of Sylvia curruca near 

 Rouken Glen {Ann. S.N.H., 1910, p. 183). 



A Peeblesshire Chough. — Mr. W. Evans writes to the 

 Annals of Scottish Natural History (1910, p. 181) that he has 

 a specimen of Pyrrhocorax graculus, said to have been shot near 

 West Linton about 1872. 



Great Spotted Woodpeckers in Scotland. — The follow- 

 ing occurrences of Dendrocopus major, of which form is not 

 stated, are recorded in the Annals of Scottish Natural History, 

 1910:— One December 15th, 1909, Sinclair Hills (north-east 

 coast) (p. 182) ; an adult male on June 25tli, 1910, in the 

 Dunkeld district (Perthshire) (p. 183) ; one, from the middle 

 of March to May at Brora (Sutherland) (p. 183). 



