78 Birp MIGRATION AT SOUTHERNESS. 
bers flew about for a while; then they took a diagonal flight 
about a quarter of a mile up towards the clouds; and went off in 
the same direction that all. birds follow at the autumn’ migration 
from Southerness, nearly due south. Immediately afterwards 
there was quite a “rush’’ of wings, and a flock of about seyen 
hundred starlings made their appearance. Mr Service’s other 
observations had reference to, among other birds, razor-bills, 
guillemots, gulls, and the raven, the latter a common bird in 
former times, but now rare because of the strictness with which 
it is kept down by game preservers and shepherds. 
Tue LAYING OF PHEASANTS. 
A note on this subject was contributed by Mr Hugh S. 
Gladstone, Capenoch. This showed that early in the spring of 
1906 two hen pheasants were penned with a blackcock in the 
hope of obtaining a hybrid. None of the eggs, however, were 
fertile. The first egg was found in the pen on April 11th, and 
the last egg on October Ist, when the hen birds were liberated. 
During this period no less than 154 eggs were laid by these two 
hen pheasants. 
CisT AND URN FOUND AT CREETOWN. 
A communication on the cist and urn recently found near 
Creetown, with a drawing of the urn, was submitted from Mr 
C. S. Robertson, Creetown. It contained the following particu- 
lars :—“ While Mr Joseph Gordon and his son were clearing 
away an embankment in the vicinity of a new house recently 
erected at Barholm Dairy, on 8th December, 1906, they found a 
small cist neatly built with stones about 3 feet in length, 21 
inches broad, and 1 foot deep, and covered with a flat slab 
which was about 3 feet by 21 inches. The cist was composed’ 
of the ordinary whinstone of the district. On the finders re- 
moving some of the side stones, which they thought were simply 
rough cobbles embedded in the soil, the top slab fell in, and on 
this being lifted it was seen that there was something underneath. 
On the rubbish being cleared away, a small urn was discovered, 
which had unfortunately been broken by the top stone falling in. 
The urn is beautifully moulded, and appears to be made of burnt 
