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seen on Fair Isle on October 6th, 1911, and that one of them, 

 on being shot by Her Grace, proved to be an immature 

 example of Anthus richardi. The bird has been recorded 

 several times previously from Fair Isle, but only twice from 

 elsewhere in Scotland. 



WooDCHAT Shrike in Scotland. — ^The occurrence of 

 an immature example of the Woodchat Shrike {Lanius 

 pomeranus), taken at the Light on the Isle of May in the 

 early morning of October 19th, 1911, is announced {Scot. 

 Nat., 1912, p. 10) by the Misses Rintoul and Baxter, 

 Although the bird has occurred as a vagrant in most English 

 counties (most frequently in the south and east), there is no 

 previous authentic record for Scotland. 



Swallow and Martin in Winter. — An example of Hirundo 

 rustica in a starved condition was picked up dead at Reading 

 on December 20th, 1911 {Field, 30.XII.1911, p. 1447), whilo 

 a House-Martin {Chelidon urhica) was seen at Hampton Court 

 on January 10th, 1912(0. J. Robinson, t.c, 13.1.1912, p. 92). 



Birds Breeding in Winter. — As in other mild winters, 

 a good many instances of nests in December, 1911, have been 

 reported, and these include several nests with youngj of 

 Starlings and Song-Thrushes. 



Serin Finch in Scotland. — Mr. O. H. Wild records 

 {Scot. Nat., 1912, p. 11) that an adult male Serinus hortulanus 

 was captured on November 9th, 1911, near Edinburgh by 

 some bird-catchers. The Serin has occurred over twenty 

 times in England, chiefly in the south, and twice in Ireland, 

 but not previously in Scotland. 



Montagu's Harrier in Roxburghshire. — ^Mr. P. L. 

 Waldron records {Scot. Nat., 1912, p. 15) that an immatur3 

 male Circus cineraceus was shot during the latter part of 

 August at Newlands, Newcastle ton, and has been presented 

 to the Royal Scottish Museum. There are only six previous- 

 records of the occurrence of Montagu's Harrier in Scotland. 



Baird's Sandpiper at St. Kilda. — Mr. W. Eagle Clarke 

 records {Scot. Nat., 1912, p. 9) that he obtained an adult 

 female Tringa hairdi at St. Kilda on September 28th, 1911. 

 This North American wader has only twice before been 

 recorded for the British Isles (c/. Vol. I., p. 16), and this further 

 proof that it occasionally visits us is very interesting. 



Black Guillemot in Yorkshire. — Two examples of 

 Uria grylle, which is a rare visitor to the Yorkshire coast, 

 were shot at Filey during the second week of November, 1911 

 (E. W. Wade, Nat., 1912, p. 21). 



