108 THD ySCORMSEH (NATURA Sa 
gtbraltariensis) occurred at Lerwick, and two Bee-eaters 
(Werops aptaster) were seen near Musselburgh on 3rd June, 
when they stayed and attempted to nest, but unfortunately 
the female succumbed (1. 1920, 151). Hoopoes (Upupa epops 
epops) occurred on the Isle of May on several dates between 
30th September and gth October, one bird in very bright 
plumage, the other duller, An Iceland Falcon (Falco 
rusticolus tslandus) visited Vallay (O.H.) on 29th October 
and a fine adult female Greenland Falcon (Lalo rusticolus 
candicans) was caught at Sule Skerry on 26th February 
(1. 1920, 154). Two Glossy Ibises (Plegadts falcinellus) are 
recorded from Islay on 6th September (/7e/d, 15th Sep- 
tember 1920), two near Kintore, Aberdeenshire, during the 
latter half of October (1. 1921, 10), and one at Baltasound, 
North Umnst, on 4th November (1. 1921, >10); A small 
number of Snow Geese were noted in Kirkcudbrightshire 
from October 1920 to March 1921. One shot in February 
1921 proved to be the Greater Snow Goose (Chen nivalis) 
(1. 1921, 69), new to Scotland. This, however, properly falls 
into the 1921 Report. The first satisfactory record of the 
Garganey (duzas querquedula) for Clyde is of two from 
Summerston, Dumbartonshire, on 16th May (1. 1920, 153). 
From Loch Ryan, Wigtownshire, comes the record of 
an immature Smew (Jergus albellus) on 4th December, 
and a Sooty Shearwater (Pufinus griseus) occurred in the 
Firth of Forth on 29th September. Green Sandpipers 
(Zringa ochropus), single birds in each case, are reported 
from the Tweed on 7th August, Elliot Water, Forfarshire, 
on 7th October (1. 1920, 197), and near Nisbet, Berwickshire, 
on 27th November (1. 1921, 10). On 18th May a Black- 
winged Stilt (4/zantopus himantopus) was seen at Scatfield 
on the Moray Firth, and an adult on the shores of Loch 
Ryan, Wigtownshire, on 17th October (2. xiv. 164). Two 
Black-tailed Godwits (Lzmosa Mimosa) are reported from 
Elliot Water, Forfarshire, on 28th and 30th August (1. 1920, 
178), one in Monifieth Bay on 19th September, and a female 
near Carsethorn, Kirkcudbrightshire, on 18th November 
(I. 1921, 4). On 4th and 6th May two Black Terns 
(Hydrochelidon nigra nigra) were seen on the River Kelvin 
