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that they obtained an example of Daulias luscinia on May 

 9th, 19n, on the Isle of May. The Nightingale has not 

 been previously recorded from Scotland. 



ICTERiNE Warbler in Shetland. — ^Mr. G. W. Russell 

 records {Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist., 1911, p. 183) that a bird 

 obtained on May 15th, 1910 at Lerwick, has been identified 

 by Mr. W. Eagle Clarke as a sjoecimen of Hypolais icterina, 

 which has only once before been recorded for Scotland. 



Pied Flycatcher Nesting in Haddingtonshire. — The 

 Rev. H. N. Bonar describes how he found the nest of a pair 

 of Muscicapa atricapilla near the town of Haddington in 

 May, 1911, and afterwards watched the birds {Ann. Scot. 

 Nat. Hist., 1911, p. 182). The Pied Flycatcher breeds only 

 exceptionally in south-east Scotland. 



Cuckoo in Goldcrest's Nest. — While recently investi- 

 gating the authorities for some of the rarer foster-parents 

 of the Cuckoo, I had occasion to refer to Herr A. Walter's 

 original record of three Cuckoo's eggs found in one nest 

 twice in a season {cf. supra, p. 58). On turning to the 

 Ornithologische Monatsschrift for 1893, pp. 463-66, I was 

 surprised to find that the article does not refer to the Gold- 

 crest at all, but to the Common Wren {Troglodytes parvulus). 

 Herr Walter uses the popular name " Zaunkonig " throughout, 

 which, though occasionally applied to Regulus cristatus, 

 obviously refers here to Troglodytes parvulus. First-hand 

 confirmatory evidence is very desirable in the case of 

 many of the rarer fosterers, as several seem to have been 

 recorded on somewhat unsatisfactory grounds, but for this 

 purpose only the evidence of the actual finder has any 

 real value. -^F.C. R.J. 



Alpine Swift in Hampshire. — Mr. R. S; Mitford records 

 {Zool., 1911, p. 278) that he saw an Alpine Swift {Cypselus 

 melba) at Brockenhurst (New Forest) on May 28th, 1911. 



"Luminous Owls." — In the Irish Naturalist (1911, pp. 

 124-26) Miss M. E. Dobbs has an article describing lights 

 frequently seen at Villierstown (co. Waterford), which 

 appeared to emanate from birds of some kind. It is curious 

 that no one has so far been able to procure one of these 

 " luminous " birds, and until this has been done the cause 

 of the " lummosity " must remain a matter for speculation. 



