514 BIRDS OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND. 



TEMMINCK'S STINT. 



TRINGA TEMMINCKII. 



Page 321. 



A specimen of this rare stint was shot near Aberdeen by Mr 

 Alexander Mitchell, on 28th August, 1871, and examined by Mr 

 Angus, to whom I am indebted for a notice of the occurrence. 

 Mr Mitchell has since informed me that he shot a second specimen 

 on 4th September, and has obligingly forwarded it for exhibition 

 at a meeting of the Natural History Society of Glasgow while 

 these pages are passing through the press. 



THE LITTLE CRAKE. 



CREX PUS ILL A. 



Page 334. 



Mr J. H. Gurney, jun., informs me (August, 1871), that his 

 father has in his collection a Scottish specimen of this bird ; but 

 up to the moment of going to press no further particulars of its 

 capture have reached me. 



THE GOOSANDER. 



MERGUS MERGANSER. 

 Page 403. 



Mr Harvie Brown writes to me (August 30, 1871) that he is 

 now in a position to state authoritatively that this bird breeds in 

 Scotland a nest of eggs having been sent to him from the north 

 of Perthshire: the nest was placed in the hollow of an old tree, 

 and the eggs were taken about the 20th of May. They agree pre- 

 cisely with authenticated eggs of the Goosander already in his 

 collection. 



THE GANNET OR SOLAN GOOSE. 



SULA ALBA. 



Page 458. 



Gannets with black tails have been observed at St. Kilda. 

 These I suspect to be birds with the last of their immature 

 plumage not yet effaced. 



