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Redshank, a Black-tailed Godwit, and two Ruffs seen in east 

 Renfrew in the middle of September, 1909. In the two 

 summers (1906 and 1909) part of which Mr. J. Paterson has 

 spent in the east Neuk of Fife he has found the Quail not 

 rare in fields there (pp. 145-6). 



In Volume II. we find t.ie Bar-tailed Godwit, which is very 

 rare inland in Scotland (as far as records go) , added to the fauna 

 of east Renfrew in September, 1909 (p. 30) ; some interesting 

 observations on the habits of Sedge-Warblers (pp. 1-8) by 

 Mr. W. Rennie ; a list of summer-birds of Shiskin, Arran 

 (pp. 20-24), by Mr. T. Thornton Mackeith ; a long and useful 

 paper " On the Birds of the Glasgow District " (pp. 43-61) 

 by one of the editors, Mr. John Paterson ; and some 

 " Summer Notes on the Birds of Garelochhead," by Mr. W. 

 R. Baxter (pp. 69-78). In Mr. Paterson's paper we note 

 that the only substantiated record for the Lesser Whitethroat 

 in the Glasgow district is that of an occurrence in August, 1908. 

 Since Mr. Gray wrote his account of the birds of the Glasgow 

 district for the meeting of tlie British Association in 1876 

 there are many changes to record. New information appears 

 under Black Redstart, Marsh-Titmouse, White Wagtail (a 

 familiar bird of passage), Blue-headed Wagtail, Great Spotted 

 Woodpecker, Bewick's Swa7i (regular in winter at Bishop 

 Loch), Gadwall, Tufted Duck (familiar in the nesting-season), 

 Stock-Dove (now well recognised in the nesting-season), 

 Spotted Crake, Grey Plover, Little Stint, Curlew-Sandpiper, 

 Ruff, Spotted Redshank, Green Sandpiper, Bar-tailed and 

 Black-tailed Godwits, Whimhrel, Black Tern, Lesser Black- 

 hacked Gull (now recognised as a summer-bird). Great Black- 

 hacked Gull, Kittiwake, Little Auk, Puffin, Black-throated 

 Diver, Eared Grebe, Storm-Petrel, Fork-tailed Petrel and 

 Manx Shearwater. In Mr. Baxter's paper it is interesting to 

 note that both the Carrion and Hooded Crows nest in the 

 district of Garelochhead. H. F. W. 



