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which had been received from Loch Boisdale, South Uist, 

 about 18th June. 



46. Mainland of Argyllsliire. — Mr Hogg also saw in Mr 

 Scutts' liands a specimen from Glencoe, and another from 

 the neighbourhood of Loch Awe, both obtained about the 

 middle of June. Further south, at Kilberry, near Tarbert, 

 nine were seen flying over on IGth September — Mr J. 

 Campbell, Field, 22d September. 



47. Island of Tiree. — Writing on 18th June, Mr Harvie- 

 Brown informed me that they had " turned up " here in 

 numbers. Among the additions to the menagerie of the 

 Zoological Society, reported in the Field of 23d June, are 

 two Sand-grouse — male and female — from Tiree, presented 

 by Lieut.-Col. Irby and Captain Savile Eeid, who are doubt- 

 less the two tourists referred to in Mr J. Myles' letter to 

 the Scotsman of 11th June, from which it appears that the 

 birds were captured prior to 8th June.^ The presentation 

 of this pair is alluded to in the Proceedings of the Zoological 

 Society for 1888, pages 413 and 675, but I can find no 

 mention of any having been presented by the Duke of 

 Argyll, as stated in the Zoologist for July, p. 261, and con- 

 clude the Tiree birds were meant. 



48. Near Maybole, Ayrshire. — Writing under date 8th 

 December, Mr H. Wallace, Cloncaird Castle, Maybole, says, 

 " My keeper this morning brought me a Pallas's Sand-grouse 

 alive. It was caught by my under-keeper, owing to the 

 fact of its being to a certain extent disabled, presumably by 

 other birds" — Field, 15th December. 



49. Near Stoneykirk, Wigtownshire. — A small flock was 

 observed near Stoneykirk in the early part of June, as I have 

 been informed by ]\lr P. Adair. 



50. Mouth of the Nith, near Dumfries. — Large numbers 

 appear to have visited this district, more than sixty being 

 present at one time. They were first observed on 7th June, 

 and by 17th August only nine remained. The others had 

 gradually dispersed. Seven were shot, all within a few days 

 of their first appearance — Mr R Service, /&ts 1888, p. 491; 



^ Since the above was written, I learn that the date of capture was 2Sth May. 



