262 NATURE NOTES. 
NATURE NOTES. 
THE OTTER (Lutra vulgaris) IN EAST FIFESHIRE. 
I am glad to be able to state that the Otter is on the 
increase in this district (Stravithie). One was, I regret to 
say, recently shot. W. BERWICK. 
OCCURRENCE OF THE DIPPER (Cinclus aquaticus) IN 
KIRKLISTON. 
I HAVE only found the Dipper in our district during the 
colder half of the year, and then not in large numbers. It 
may be seen in most burns and rivers from September till 
spring. Probably in summer it migrates higher up among 
the hills. SypNEY E. Brock. 
Unusuau NESTING-PLACE OF THE WHEATEAR (Saxicola 
enanthe). 
In a loose rubble wall surrounding a villa on the shore at 
Lossiemouth a pair of these somewhat shy and lovely 
migrants had their nesting-place. The occupant of the 
villa had noticed the strange birds, and I had frequent 
opportunities of observing them. One is sorry to add that 
too frequent peeps at the nest ended in its desertion. It is 
surely unusual to find this species building so near human 
habitations. THos. ALEXANDER. 
