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3. On the Occurrence of the Grasshopper WarUer (Calamo- 

 dyta locustella, Lath.) in Midlothian. — On 28th May last, 

 while walking on the Old Penicuik Eoad, about a mile beyond 

 Morningside Toll, my attention was attracted by a sound re- 

 sembling that of some large gryllus, which proceeded from a 

 clump of whin in the field immediately opposite Mortonhall 

 west gate. As daylight was nearly gone — it being about 

 half-past eight in the evening — it was not easy "to discover 

 the little warbler. This, however, only required a little 

 patience, and with the assistance of my brother, who resides 

 at a farm near the spot, I was fortunate enough to secure the 

 specimen — a male — which is now exhibited. This was the 

 only one observed. — W. Evans, 19th March IS7 9 (^communi- 

 cated hy the Secretary). 



4. White-winged Crossbill (Loxia leucoptera). — On 12th 

 July 1878, two of these birds — male and female — alighted 

 on the Anchor Line steamer "Victoria," when about five 

 hundred miles from Newfoundland, on the outward voyage 

 from Glasgow to New York. It was our sixth day from 

 Glasgow, and the wind had been blowing from the west 

 pretty strongly all the time. Both birds were caught alive, 

 and that now exhibited is one of them. The other, the 

 female, died the day after it was taken. — W. Evans, 19th 

 March 1879 (communicated hy the Secretary). 



5. On the Nesting of the Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola) in 

 Midlothian. — The nest was placed among coarse grass in a 

 wood principally composed of alder, about a mile and a half 

 above Penicuik, on the south bank of the Esk. The eggs 

 were taken on the 1st July 1870, but had then been left for 

 some days by the parent birds, which had been disturbed by 

 people felling trees in the vicinity. There were four eggs in 

 the nest, but incubation was so far advanced that only two 

 could be preserved. — William Evans, 16th April 1879 {com- 

 municated hy the Secretary). 



