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Lesser Whitethkoat in West Invekness-shire.^ — Mr. 

 W. E. Clarke and Mr. Knight Horsfield watched a male 

 Sylvia ciirrvca on June 13th, 1915, near Loch Trieg. The bird 

 was singing, but no female was seen (Scot. Nat., 1916, p. 78). 



Early Arrival of Swifts. — Mr. J. Steele Elliott writes 

 that one was observed at Bewdley, Shropshire, on April 21st, 

 1916, and Mr. W. E. Glegg tells us that he saw four on the 

 same date at Staines Reservoir, Middlesex. We are informed 

 that Shafts Avere also observed on the north Norfolk coast, near 

 C'ley, on April 20th. {Vide supra, p. 21.) 



Hoopoe in Yorkshire. ^ — Mr. W. H. Parkin reported at a 

 meeting of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union that an example 

 of Upupa e. epops had been obtained near Thirsk on October 

 15th, 1915 {Nat. 1916, p. 141). 



Dark-breasted Barn-Owl in Shetland. — Mr. W. E. 

 Clarke records {Scot. Nat., 1916, p. 76) that a specimen of 

 Tyto a. guttata, was obtained on TJpst on November 5th, 1915. 

 This appears to be the first authentic record of the occurrence 

 of this race in Scotland. 



Bartram's Sandpiper in co. Leitrim. — Mr. J. M. 

 McWilliam records {Zool., 1916, p. 194) that an example of 

 Bartramialongicauda was shot by his cousin, the late J. S. Ellis, 

 at Bunduff, co. Leitrim. Mr. McWilliam states that Mr. Ellis 

 showed him the field, quite close to the sea, in which he shot 

 the bird ; he was quite certain of the month being November, 

 but the exact year was not quite certain, though it was 

 probably 1901. Mr. McWilliam proceeds: "In the case of 

 so rare a bird it is unfortimate that it should not have been 

 recognised and recorded at once. However, I not only had 

 from Mr. Ellis himself a description of the circumstances in 

 which it was taken, but afterwards it passed direct from his 

 possession into mine." The specimen has been examined by 

 Mr. W. E. Clarke. Bartram's Sandpiper has been recorded 

 about ten times in England and twice previously in Ireland. 



Black-tailed Godwit in Haddington. — Mr. W. Evans 

 records {Scot. Nat. 1916, p. 70) that he saw a single Limosa 

 limosa in Aberlady Bay on August 7th, 1915. 



Ivory-Gtjlls in Scotland. — ^Mr. W. Berry records {Scot. 

 Nat., 1916, p. 95) that an adult male Pagophila eburnea was 

 obtained on Beauly Firth (Inverness-shire) on February 5th, 

 1916, and another seen on the 7th, while Mr. L. Barnard states 

 {I.e.) that he obtained an adult male also on February 5th at 

 Mallaig (south-west Inverness-shire). 



