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reference. Many of the more important records have been 

 referred to from time to time in our pages, but a good many 

 interesting items are here pubhshed for the first time and 

 to the most important of these we draw attention below. 

 All the dates are in the year 1912. 



Carrion- Cbow {Corvus c. corone). — Three at the Flannans (Outer 



Hebrides), November 2nd. 

 Mealy Redpoll {Carduelis I. linaria). — Eighteen at the Flannans, 



October 24th. 

 Wood-Lark (Lullula a. arborea). — One at Auskerry (Orkney), October 



26th. 

 Scandinavian Rock-Pipit [Anthus s. littoralis). — One at Pentland 



Skerries (Orkney), May 9th. 

 Yellow Wagtail {Motacilla f. rayi). — Two at Fair Isle, May 6th, 



and one May 7th. 

 White Wagtail {M. a. alba). — A pair bred at Grimista (Shetland). 

 Red-backed Shrike {Lanius c. coUurio). — Single birds at Fair Isle 



in June and August and at the Pentland Skerries on June 2nd 



(three), 3rd, and 4th. 

 Waxwing {Ampelis garrulus). — One at Stornoway (Outer Hebrides), 



November 12th. 

 Barred Warbler {Sylvia n. nisoria). — In addition to all those already 



recorded for 1912, one was procured at Auskerry on August 15th. 

 Blackcap {S. a. atricapilla). — One at Auskerry, December 6th. 

 Lesser Whitethroat (S. c. curruca). — Small numbers at Pentland 



Skerries in May, a good many June 2nd to 6th, and small numbers 



from September 19th to October 9th. 

 Ring-Ouzel (Turdus t. torquatus). — ^Two at Tarbatness (Ross-shire), 



December 3rd. 

 Whinchat {Saxicola r. ruhetra). — One near Cramond Bridge, February 



25th. 

 Black Redstart (Phoanicurus o. gihraltariensis).- — One at Pentland 



Skerries May 7th (and another on May 9th, see Bull. B.O.C., 



XXXII. p. 177), one at Tarbatness November 6th, one at Fair 



Isle March 22nd (besides April 25th already mentioned in Vol. 



VL, p. 351). 

 Red-spotted Bluethroat [Luscinia svecica ? subsp. ). — One at 



Fair Isle, May 10th. 

 Continental Redbreast {Dandalus r. ruhecula). — One at Mull of 



Galloway, October 11th. A "rush" occurred at the end of 



October and those examined from Pentland Skerries were of 



this form. 

 Wryneck {lynx t. torquilla). — Two at Fair Isle, August 22nd, and 



two at Pentland Skerries, August 30th. 

 Rough-legged Buzzard {Buteo I. lagopus). — One at Loch Gower, 



Wigtownshire, March 14th. 

 Gadwall {Anas strepera). — Two at Fair Isle, April 19th. 

 Smew {Mergus alhellus). — Quite a number reported in January and 



February of which one was at Bressay (Shetland). 

 Turtle -Dove {Streptopelia t. turtur).- — Occurred at Fair Isle, May, 



June, July, and September ; at Isle of May, May, June, and 



August ; in Outer Hebrides and Ross-shire, September. 

 Dotterel {Charadrius morinellus). — A nest was found in June in 



Forfarshire — the first for the county. 

 Spotted Redshank {Tringa erythropus). — One at Largo Bay (Fife), 



July 15th, 



