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from his post as one of tlie Editors-in-chief of the magazine, 

 and that his name now takes a more modest position among 

 the assistant Editors. His place has been taken by 

 Dr. James Ritchie, the Assistant-Keeper of tlie Royal 

 Scottish Museum. 



Among the many articles in last year's volume we find 

 one from the late Capt. S. E. Brock; it was found among 

 his papers after his death, and though written before the 

 war is published as it stands. It deals with Ecological 

 Associations of Scottish birds, dividing them into eight 

 groups in accordance with their breeding-grounds of a 

 certain geological or botanical type such as Alpine, Moor- 

 land, Maritime, or Woodland Associations. From ]\Ii.sses 

 Baxter and Rintoul we have their carefully compiled annual 

 report on Scottish Ornithology for 1920, covering rare 

 occurrences, migration iiote>;, plumage variation, and 

 changes of habit. They also contribute an article on the 

 Pintail as a breeding bird in Scotland. This duck appears 

 to have only established itself at Loch Leven on the main- 

 land, though a few appear to nest every year in Orkney and 

 Shetland. 



Dr. Eagle Clarke announces the first occurrence of the 

 Greater Snow-Goose [Chen nivalis) in British waters. 

 It was shot on the river Dee in Kirkcudbrightshire and 

 is now in the Royal Scottish Museum. The only previous 

 record is of one obtained in co. Mayo, Ireland. In com- 

 pany with Surg. -Admiral Stenhouse, Dr. Eagle Clarke again 

 visited Fair Isle in Septeml)er last ; they were fortunate 

 enough to obtain two birds of exceptional interest — the 

 eastern form of the Lesser Wliitetliroat (Sylvia curruca 

 affinis) and an adult Yellow-legged Herring-Gull (Larus 

 argentulus cachinnans). The Whitetliroat is hitherto un- 

 recorded from the British Islands and the Gull is new to 

 the Scottish avifauna. 



Mr. W. E. Collinge in a short article states that he has 

 received of late several examples of the Common Tern 

 {Sterna hirundd) killed between the months of Octol)er and 



