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Nightingale Nesting in Somerset. — Mr. Joseph H. 

 Symes informs us that in May 1 921 he found a nest of Liiscinia 

 in. me^arhyncha) near Martock, Somerset, the first he had 

 seen in that district since 1906. 



Lapland Bi.uethroat at Fair Isle. — Only one example 

 of this race — Luscinia s. svecica — has hitherto been identified 

 from the British Isles, viz., one on the Isle of May on 

 September 14th. 1909. Surgeon-Admiral J. H. Stenhouse, 

 who has lately examined the series of Bluethroats at the Royal 

 Scottish Museum finds, however, that a male taken on Fair 

 Isle on May 25th, 1910, is clearly referable to this form [Scot. 

 Nat., 1921, p. 76). 



Spread of Little Owl to the Sussex Coast. — Mr. H. 

 Vigor writes to record the finding of a nest of Athene n. mira 

 at West Meston some ten miles inland from Brighton in 1920, 

 and two others within the same radius in 1921. Considering 

 its rapid spread elsewhere and the closeness of its southern 

 centre of introduction, the species has been curiously slow in 

 establishing itself on the south coast of Sussex. Although 

 numerous a few miles inland for some years previously it did 

 not reach the coast between Rye and Eastbourne until 1918. 



Glossy Ibises in Shetland and Aberdeenshire. — In 

 addition to the numerous occurrences already noted {cf. Vol. 

 XIV.) of Plegadis falcincllus in the autumn of 1920 one was 

 obtained at Unst, Shetland, on November 4tli, and two were 

 seen near Kintore, Aberdeenshire, during the last fortnight 

 of October {Scot. Nat., 1921, p. 10). 



Common Scoter Breeding in Perthshire. — Mr. H. Boase 

 announces {Scot. Nat., 1921, p. 104) that in June 192 1 he 

 saw two male and a female Oidemia n. nigra on a loch near 

 Loch Tummel in Perthshire. Returning in July he saw 

 one male and at least three females, one of which was accom- 

 panied by one duckling, while other eight young were seen. 



Fulmar Petrel Breeding in Aberdeenshire and 

 Forfarshire. — With reference to the note on the probable 

 breeding of Fulniarus glacialis at Troup Head {cf. Vol. XIV., 

 p. 23S), Mr. H. Trail states {Scot. Nat., 1921, p. 4) that for 

 some years previous to 192 1 he saw Fulmars in the neighbour- 

 hood, but apparently they did not nest. In 1916 they began 

 to nest, he states, in the cliffs about Pennan in Aberdeenshire, 

 just across the border from Troup Head, and they have 

 nested every year in increasing numbers. Mr. Trail also 



