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The Glasgow Naturalist. Vol. I., parts I-IV.; Vol. II., parts I-III. 

 Edited by D. A. Boyd and John Paterson. 



This publication, which is the journal of the Natural History 

 Society of Glasgow, contains some interesting and useful 

 papers and notes upon birds, and generally reaches a higher 

 level of excellence than most publications of the kind. In 

 the first volume we find a useful paper on " The Birds of 

 Lendalfoot " (pp. 5-23) by the late Charles Berry, in which 

 we note that the Marsh-Titmouse is not uncommon and 

 breeds occasionally, and is far more numerous in winter. In 

 his paper on the " Birds of the Glasgow District " [vide infra) 

 Mr. Paterson remarks that the Marsh-Tit has a "puzzling," 

 and apj)arently very local, distribution about Glasgow (Vol. II., 

 p. 47). The Marsh-Tit is a rare bird in Scotland, and it 

 should be noted that apparently all the specimens procured 

 in the Forth and Moray areas proved to be Willow-Tits and 

 not Marsh-Tits at all (c/. Fauna Tay Basin, pp. 90 and 91, 

 footnotes) ; it would therefore seem advisable that the 

 Marsh-Tits from these districts should be carefully 

 examined. A Bittern mentioned as shot at Lendalfoot 

 contained six trout from four to six inches long. Two Glossy 

 Ibis are noted as seen near the same place on September 15th, 

 1889 ; a Turtle-Dove on November 28th, 1908 ; a Little Gull 

 on December 16th, 1902 ; an Iceland Gull on January 19th, 



1903, while a Great Shearwater was found dead on October 3rd, 



1904. In some "Jottings " (pp. 35-38) by the same writer, 

 we note the occurrence of a Song-Thrush and Blackbird inter- 

 breeding at Lendalfoot. Four young were hatched, but they 

 all apparently got killed, and Mr. Berry can only say that 

 he could see no difference in their appearance from young 

 Blackbirds. The increase and spread of the Stock-Dove in the 

 Clyde Area is treated by Messrs. R. S. and H. W. Wilson in 

 a useful paper (pp. 101-110), and a note on the same subject 

 is to be found in Volume II. (p. 30), while some evidence is 

 given of the recent occurrence of the Greater Spotted Wood- 

 pecker near Glasgow (p. 99). 



In the " Notes " we find records of a pair of Gadwall 

 on April 25th, 1909, seen at Bishop Loch (Lanark) by 

 Mr. J. Paterson (p. 100) ; a Hoopoe picked up near Leadhills 

 (Lanarkshire) on June 1st, 1909 (p. 145) ; a Fulmar picked 

 up near Cambo (Fife) on July 4th, 1909 [I.e.) ; a Spotted 



