378 BRITISH BIRDS. 



Baxter, with most interesting results, as the following summary 

 of their observations (Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist., 1910, pp. 4-10) 

 will show : — 

 Eastern Pied Wheatear (Saxicola pleschanka), cf. antea, 



p. 296. 

 Red-spotted Bluethroat (Cyanecula suecica). A young 



bird September 14th, one 17th. 

 Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca). Several September 



16th, one 17th. one 22nd, several 24th, two 26th, one 



28th, one 29th, one 30th. 

 Barred Warbler (Sylvia nisoria). A male, September 13th. 

 Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus superciliosus). One 



September 16th (uttered a loud ringing " pee," audible 



a long way off), one 24th, one 25th, two 26th, three 



27th, two 28th, one October 2nd, one October 24th. 



The authors remark that they saw at least ten different 



individuals. 

 White Wagtail (Motacilla alba). One September 14th, 



several 25th, two 26th and 27th. 

 Red-breasted Flycatcher (Muscicapa parva). One 



September 25th. 

 Scarlet Grosbeak (Pyrrhula eryihrina). A female, 



September 13th. 

 Little Bunting (Emberiza pusilla). One September 25th, 



one 26th. 

 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopus major). One 



September 16th, whether of the British or Continental 



form is not stated. 

 Rare Birds in Shetland. — Mr. E. Hamilton records 

 (Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist., 1910, pp. 53-4) the following birds which 

 he obtained at Unst during various years. The want of 

 exact data is unfortunate. 

 Greenland Redpoll (Linota homemannii). — One shot 



between October 9th and 19th, 1905. 

 Greater Redpoll (Linota linaria rostrata). — Several 



obtained from a flock during October and November, 



1907. 

 Tengmalm's Owl (Nyctala tengmalmi). — A female, appar- 

 ently uninjured, was captured on a stone-wall on 



January 8th, 1908. " Its stomach contained the remains 



of a sparrow." 

 Turtle-Dove (Turtur communis). — Two on October 21st, 



1907. 

 Greenland Wheatears in Scotland. — Specimens of 

 Saxicola cenanthe leucorrhoa are recorded (Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist., 



