438 Alexander Goodman More Scientific Papers. 



species, the Sand-Martin has not been found breeding in the isles of 

 Argyleshire. 



W. Macgillivray has noticed that Sand-Martins frequent the sand- 

 banks on the shores of the northernmost Hebrides. They build in 

 Orkney, and perhaps occasionally in Shetland. 



CYPSELUS APUS (///*-.). Swift. 



Provinces I. -XVII. 

 Subprovinces 1-35. 

 Lat. 50-59. " British" type, or general. 



Throughout the mainland ; and breeds also in Mull and lona {Mr. 

 H. D. Graham] ; but does not build in Orkney, or Shetland, or the 

 Outer Hebrides. 



CAPRIMULGUS EUROP^EUS (Linn.}. Nightjar. 



Provinces I.-XVII. 



Subprovinces 1-34, 35. 



Lat. 50-59. " British " type, or general. 



Less numerous in the north of Scotland, breeding occasionally only 

 in Caithness (Mr. Shearer}. 



Mr. H. D. Graham reports the Nightjar as breeding regularly in 

 Mull. 



COLUMBA PALUMBUS (Linn.}. Wood- Pigeon. 



Provinces I.-XVII. 

 Subprovinces 1-35. 

 Lat. 50-59. " British " type, or general. 



A common species in nearly all parts of Britain, and, though Mr. 

 H. D. Graham does not include the Wood-Pigeon in his list of the birds 

 of lona, Mr. J. K. Wilson describes it as breeding annually in the 

 island of Mull. 



The Wood-Pigeon extends to the extreme north of the mainland, but 

 does not reach the Scottish isles. Its rapid increase of late years in the 

 Lothians has been frequently commented upon. 



COLUMBA CENAS (Gmel.}. Stock- Dove. 



Provinces II. III. IV. V. VIII. IX. X. 



Subprovinces 4-13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23. 



Lat. 50-54. " Germanic " (or " English ") type. Not in Ireland. 



There is a peculiarity in the distribution of this bird, since it seems 

 to be absent during the breeding -season from several of the south- 

 western counties, in which, and even in Dorsetshire, it appears chiefly 

 as a winter visitor. Still there is good authority for its breeding in 

 Gloucester (Rev. F. J. Scott}, Hereford, Shropshire, and perhaps in 

 North Wales (Eyton}. The nest has been found both in East and West 



