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Monkton on September 30th, 1916. The Hoopoe rarely 

 occurs in Scotland, especially on the western side. 



Spoonbills on the Borders of Norfolk. — Although 

 the Spoonbill {Platalea I. leucorodia) occurs annually in 

 Norfolk it is interesting to note the months of its appearance. 

 Mr. A. H. Patterson states {Zoologist, 1916, pp. 371-2) that 

 two Spoonbills frequented Breydon in 1916 for a week in the 

 middle of May and three in the middle of July (c/. antea, 

 p. 66). 



Probable Breeding of Gad wall in Midlothian. — Mr- 

 W. Evans records {Scot. Nat., 1916, p. 189) that he saw from 

 April to June, 1916, a pair of Anas strepera on a reservoir in 

 south-west Midlothian. From their behaviour he felt 

 certain they were breeding, but he failed to find a nest. 

 Mr. Evans states that this duck does not appear to have been 

 recorded previously for Midlothian. 



Common Scoter Breeding in Ireland. — We are glad to 

 be able to state on excellent authority that in 1916 a number 

 of pairs of Common Scoters {Oidemia n. nigra) bred on the 

 lough in Ireland originally discovered as a nesting-place by 

 the late Major Trevelyan in 1905. 



Turtle-Doves in cos. Dublin and Meath. — The Rev. 

 Dr. C. W. Benson states {Irish Nat., 1916, p. 169), that 

 Strejitopelia t. turtiir has occurred for the last three years in 

 the neighbourhood of Balbriggan and in 1916, on May 24th, 

 at Ardgillan Castle, afterwards at Hampton Hall, and on 

 June 13th at Gormanstown. There is no evidence that the 

 birds bred. The Turtle-Dove is a scarce visitor to Ireland, 

 and has occurred most often in May and June, but it is 

 doubtful if there is a really satisfactory record of its having 

 bred. 



Spotted Redshank in Fifeshire. — Mr. W. Berry records 

 {Scot. Nat., 1916, p. 287) that a young male Tringa erythropus, 

 a rare visitor to Scotland, was obtained by him on September 

 8th, 1916, near Tayport. He had observed two of the birds 

 in the neighbourhood on Aiigust 30th. 



Snipe Carrying Young. — Mr. W. J. Nash states {Irish 

 Nat., 1916, p. 170) that on his bog near Lissoy he saw a Snipe 

 {Gallinago g. gallinago) rise from a mud-bank in a bog-drain 

 carrying a young one, and fly about thirty yards with it. The 

 bird flew with difficulty, and before it alighted the young 



