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1910, for about a month (G. W. Riissell, p. 44). An adult female on 

 3Iay 12t]i, 1913, at Fair Isle (W. E. Clarke, p. 55). 



Bean-Goose {Anser f. fabalis). — One on Jan. 10th, 1913, at Fair 

 Isle {id., I.e.). 



Pintail {Dafila acuta). — A nest was found in June, 1913. in the 

 Moray area (A. C. Jackson, p. 45). 



Smew {Mergus albellus). — An adult feinale on Jan. 21st, 1913, at 

 Fair Isle (W. B. Clarke, p. 5o). 



Great Crested Grebe {Colymhus c. cristatus). — A pair frequented 

 a loch in the Moray area in the summer of 1912, but no nest was 

 found. In 1913 a pair again frequented the same loch and a nest 

 with one egg wliich had been sucked was found in May. The birds 

 nested again and a yomig one was hatched in July. The Great Crested 

 Grebe has not previously been recorded as nesting north of Perthshire 

 (A. C. Jackson, p. 46). 



Stone-Curlew {Burhinus m. oedicnemus). — ^An adult female on 

 June 7th, 1913, at Fair Isle — only twice before recorded from Scotland 

 (W. E. Clarke, p. 55). 



Ruff {Machetes pugnax). — A male on Sept. 25th, 1912, on Baleshare 

 (Outer Hebrides) (W. A. Gray, p. 69). 



Temminck's Stint {Erolia temminckii). — A female on May 13th, 

 1913, at Fair Isle (W. E. Clarke, p. 55). 



Bar-tailed God\vit {Limosa I. lajiponica).- — One on Mav 20th, 

 1913, at Fair Isle {id.. I.e.). 



Whimbrel {Nmnenius ph. phceopus). — A pair shot from a flock of 

 Curlews near Cramond (Forth) on Jan. 28th, 1914 (B. Campbell, p. 95). 



Unusual wlnter-migratiox of Woodcock. — In reference 

 to the note on this subject {antea. p. 324), Mr. E. W. Wade 

 writes that some of his friends are challenging the state- 

 ment that eiglit^^ or ninety \\-ere sliot on Scarborough 

 racecourse in two days. He finds that the true version 

 is that this number was shot there during the season. 



