REPORT ON SCOTTISH ORNITHOLOGY IN 1920 _ Iog 
(Clyde) (1. 1920, 84). An Ivory Gull (Pagophila eburnea) is 
noted at Auskerry on 20th May, and a Common Crane 
(Megalornis grus grus) on Cairnsmore Moor, Kirkcudbright- 
shire, on 15th June (1. 1920, 168). 
EXTENSION OF BREEDING RANGE. 
Under this heading there are more interesting records 
in 1920 than we have had since we began these reports. 
. As most of these have been published before, we do not 
think it necessary to do more than refer briefly to each 
occurrence. 
On 16th July a Hawfinch’s nest was found at Methlick, 
Aberdeenshire (1. 1920, 183), considerably north of any 
former breeding place of this species in Scotland. The first 
authenticated record of the breeding of the Brambling in 
Scotland comes from Sutherland, where a nest and eggs 
were found on 31st May, these were unfortunately taken on 
3rd June when incubation had begun (I. 1920, 181). A 
White Wagtail’s nest with five eggs was found at Crossroads, 
Durris, on 8th June, both parents were seen (I. 1920, 184). 
The most extraordinary ornithological occurrence that has 
taken place in Scotland for many years, was the attempt on 
the part of a pair of Bee-eaters to nest in a sand-bank by 
the Esk, near Musselburgh. Although, owing to their 
ultimate failure, this can hardly be called an extension of 
breeding range, it is desirable that so deliberate an attempt 
should be referred to under this heading. In the beginning 
of June both birds were seen frequenting a hole in a sand- 
bank, and appeared to be going to nest there. On the 
13th, however, the female was found in a garden near, very 
weak, and although put in a greenhouse and fed with bees, 
she died soon after ; when dissected she was found to contain 
an egg almost ready for laying (1. 1920, 151). A new 
nesting place of the Gannet in Shetland is reported by 
Mr Meade Waldo, who says (2. xiv. 93): “When looking 
northward from Hermaness Hill, Unst, this month, July 1920, 
I noticed a number of Gannets nesting on the big ‘stack’ 
to the west of Muckle Flugga, there seemed to be about 
100 pairs on the south of the stack, the north could not 
