NOTES. 291 



Bewick's Swan (C. bewicki), King-Eider (^S*. spectabilis), 

 Red-necked Plialarope {P. hyperboreus) and the Yellowshank 

 {Toiayius flavipes) — all being new to the avifauna of Fair Isle, 

 and the last-named to that of Scotland. 



Continental Song-Thrushes, Goldcrests, and Great 

 Tits at the Isle of May. — In connection with the notes which 

 appeared in our last number (pp. 245-8) on these birds, it 

 is very interesting to compare the following records from the 

 Isle of May by those excellent observers, Miss E. V. Baxter 

 and Miss L. J. Rintoul {A7171. S.N.H., 1911) :~Turdus m. 

 Tmisicus — the birds procured from the " rushes " of Song- 

 Thrushes in September and October, 1910, all proved to be 

 of the British race, but several of those obtained in the autumn 

 of 1909 were of the continental form (p. 2). Eegulus c. cristatus 

 — eight specimens procured on various dates between 

 September 10th and October 17th, 1910, were all of the 

 continental form, except one taken on September 15th, which 

 Avas of the British race. Goldcrests came in great numbers 

 (p. 3). Parus m. major — one was obtained on October 15th, 

 1910 (p. 3). Robins and Hedge-Sparrows were very plentiful, 

 l)ut were all apparently of the British race, except one Hedge- 

 Sparrow taken on October 6th, which was a doubtful A. m. 

 modularis. 



Marsh- Warbler at St. Kilda. — Mr. W. E. Clarke mentions 

 [Ann. S.N.H., 1911, p. 52), as one of the results of his visit 

 to St. Kilda from September 1st to October 8th, 1910 (see 

 above, p. 285), the capture of an exam^Dle of Acrocephalus 

 palustris, which is new to the avifauna of Scotland. 



Hawfinch Nesting in Scotland. — As has been several 

 times noted in these pages, Coccothraustes vulgaris is becoming 

 a frequent nester in south-east Scotland. Mr. W. M'Conachie 

 now records (Anfi. S.N.H., 1911, p. 53) the nesting in 1910 

 of a i^air at Lauder (Berwickshire), where the destruction of 

 jieas caused by these birds had been noticed for three years. 



Holboll's Redpoll in Scotland and England. — With 

 reference to the records {supra, p. 254) on the influx of Mealy 

 Redpolls in October and November, 1910, it is interesting to 

 note that vast numbers were observed in Scotland, and that 

 among them several si^ecimens of the rather doubtful race 

 L. linaria holboeUi were detected. One is recorded from the 

 Isle of May, on October 23rd, 1910, by Miss E. V. Baxter 

 and Miss L. J. Rintoul {Ann. S.N.H., 1911, p. 4). The bird 

 is recorded also by Mr. W. E. Clarke from Fair Isle with 

 no data {t.c, p. 53), and in " some numbers " {t.c, p. 54), 



