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tember; it rose from the gooseberry-bushes along with some 

 Blackbirds, where they had been devouring the fruit. The other 

 was killed a few days before that in the parish of Evie. 



Mr. Begg informs us he has shot several Eose-coloured 

 Pastors in Hoy. 



Family CORVIDdS. 



Nucifraga caryocatactes (L.). Nutcracker, 



Mr. Harvey informs us that a Nutcracker was shot in Sanday 

 on 1st of October 1868, as it was feeding on worms like a 

 crow. He adds, " the only one seen here." The specimen is 

 now in the possession of Mr. Denison of Brough, Sanday, where 

 we saw it. 



Pica rustica (Scop.). Magpie. 



Mr. Moodie-Heddle informs us that one was seen in Hoy in 1845, 

 and again in 1849. 



Mr. Irvine-Fortescue says that some years ago a Magpie 

 appeared at Swanbister. It was suspiciously tame, and he 

 afterwards heard that two ladies had lost a tame one in Harray 

 that summer. It remained a day or two at Swanbister, and 

 then disappeared. 



Corvus monedula, L. Jackdaw, 



Low in his Tour says : " Saw here (S. Eonaldsay) the only 

 Jackdaws to be found in the southern parts, and, for aught 

 I know, in the Orkney Isles. A few pairs build in Stowsehead 

 every year." Messrs. Baikie and Heddle add another locality 

 in the same island, but on the opposite side, viz.: Barthhead, 

 as a breeding site. 1 



Mr. W. Reid, our old and valued correspondent, says that 



1 In a note left by the late Mr. Robert Heddle he says this information has 

 not been confirmed. 



