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Hawfinch in Dumbartonshire. — A male Coccocthraustes 

 c. coccolhraustes was caught in a fruit-net at Camiseskan on 

 August 3rd, 1919. Mr. C. Kirk, who records this occurrence 

 {Scot. Nat., 1919, p. 194), believes that the species has not 

 hitherto been recorded for the Clyde area. 



Pied Flycatcher in Aberdeenshire. — Mr. A. Lands- 

 borough Thomson records {Scot. Nat., 1919, p. 195) that a 

 male {Miiscicapa h. hypoleuca) was obtained in the Newburgh 

 district on May 8th, 1919. The bird has rarely been recorded 

 in this part of Scotland. 



Early Appearance of Chiffchaff in Essex. — Mr. 

 J. H. Owen informs us that Mr. M. E. Hughes-Hughes saw 

 and heard a Chiffchaff {Phylloscopus collybita) on February 

 19th. 1920, near Felsted, Essex. 



Reed-Warbler and Sedge-Warbler in Shetland. — 

 Mr. J. S. Tulloch records {Scot. Nat., 1920, p. 28) that a 

 Reed-Warbler {Acrocephalus scirpaceus) visited his garden 

 at Lerwick on May i6th, 1919, and Mr. T. G. Kay states 

 {loc. cit.) that one appeared in his garden also at Lerwick 

 on May 26th. There are only five previous records of the 

 occurrence of the Reed-Warbler in Scotland — all in the 

 northern isles. Mr. Tulloch also records the presence of a 

 Sedge-Warbler {Acrocephalus schoenobcenus) in his garden 

 on the same day as the Reed-Warbler. This species has 

 only once previously been recorded in vShetland, though it 

 visits Fair Isle regularly in spring. 



Great Spotted Woodpecker in Argyllshire. — Mr. C. 

 Kirk records {Scot. Nat., 1919, p. 185) that a female Great 

 Spotted Woodpecker {Dryobates major) was accidentally 

 trapped on July 15th, 1919, at Minard (Loch Fyne). The 

 keeper, McRae, stated that it may have nested, but he had 

 not seen the bird before. It would be interesting to know if 

 the bird is of the British form {D. m. anglicus). The Great 

 Spotted Woodpecker was suspected to be nesting in the Loch 

 Awe district in 1906 and 1907 (see Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist., 

 1907, p. 182). 



Whooper in Inverness-shire in June. — In connection 

 with Mr. Macdonald's note of having seen a Whooper in 

 Ross-shire in June 1919 {antea, p. 141) it is interesting that 

 Dr. W. Eagle Clarke saw two adults of this species on Loch 

 Trieg, western Inverness-shire, in June and early July 1919. 

 They were strong on the wing {Scot. Nat., 1919, p. 196). 



American Wigeon in Fifeshire. — It will be remembered 

 that Mr. J. A. Anderson recorded seeing an adult male Anas 



