4 THE SCOTTISH NATURALIST 
Fulmar Petrel at Troup Head.—For some years previous 
to 1916 Fulmar Petrels were seen by me in the neighbourhood of 
Troup Head on the coast of Banffshire on the south border of the 
Moray Firth, but the birds came singly, and so far as I could find 
out did not nest. In 1916 the Fulmars began to nest in the cliffs 
about Pennan, in Aberdeenshire, just across the border from Troup 
Head, and since that time they have returned every year and have 
nested in ever-increasing numbers. An illustration of their southward 
progress is to be seen in their presence about the cliffs of Cove Bay 
in Kincardineshire, a few miles south of Aberdeen.—Hucu TRAIL, 
Aberdeen. 
[This note amplifies the information given by Miss Gowan in 
the Scottish Naturalist 1920, p. 171.—Eps. | 
Black-tailed Godwit in Kirkcudbrightshire.—An indi- 
vidual of this species was shot near Carsethorn (Kirkcudbright) 
on 18th November 1920. It was a female in full winter plumage, 
and although its condition in the flesh gave the impression that 
it was a sick bird (perhaps had been previously wounded) its plumage 
showed nothing unusual.—Hucu S. GLaDSTONE. 
White-fronted Goose and Leach’s Fork-tailed Petrel in 
Renfrewshire.—Two birds of special interest have turned up in 
Renfrewshire during November 1920. On 17th November I had a 
good look at a White-fronted Goose amongst various other wild 
fowl at Castle Semple Loch. At first the goose was almost hidden 
behind a turf bank, and only the head could be clearly seen each 
time it was raised from feeding in the water. The white area at the 
base of the bill and yellow bill with distinct white nail could then 
be seen. Later, the goose walked up on the bank, showing as it 
did so the dark bands and markings of the under parts. The 
white behind the yellow legs extended in a V-shape above the tail 
feathers, and this was very noticeable when I put the bird up, as it 
flew lightly over on to the surface of the loch. It soon swam back 
to land, however, and after grazing for a time went to sleep. 
Our other rare visitor was a Leach’s Fork-tailed Petrel, picked 
up near Kilbarchan on zoth November after the storm of a few 
days before, and brought to me by Mr David Borland. There is 
only one previous record of the Fork-tailed Petrel for the county, 
when it was found at Newton Mearns so far back as December 
1879. I possess, however, a Storm Petrel which also was captured 
after a storm at Kilbarchan on 6th November 1911, some two 
miles from the place where the latest fork-tailed bird was found.— 
Tuomas MALLocyH, Johnstone. 
