152 THE SCOTTISH NATURALIST 
good many records from Forth and Solway, from 13th September 
to 31st December. 
GREAT CRESTED GREBE, Podiceps cristatus cristatus.— Reported 
on the Tay Estuary up to 8th May. One was obtained near Lerwick 
on 6th November, and on 4th December, after a great gale, there 
was a wonderful assemblage of Grebes in Loch Ryan (Wigtown 
Bay), numbers of this species being present. 
SLAVONIAN GREBE, Lodiceps auritus.—Single birds in full 
plumage were noted near Wormit (Fife) on 4th May, and on 
Loch Maree (W. Ross) on 6th June, on a tarn near Schiehallion 
on 4th September and at Auskerry on 13th October. “Quite a 
lot” were on Loch Ryan on 4th December. 
RED-NECKED GREBE, fodiceps griseigena griseigena.—Two on 
Loch Ryan on 4th December. 
BLACK-NECKED GREBE, /odtceps nigricollis nigricolis.—One in 
the Grebe assembly on Loch Ryan on 4th December. 
Little GREBE, Podiceps ruficollis ruficollis—Several on Loch 
Ryan on 4th December. 
GreAT NorTHERN Diver, Colymbus tmmer.—Many notes up 
to mid-April, last seen Craignarget (Solway) on 23rd April, and 
first return there 8th October, after which there are a good many 
records. 
BLACK-THROATED Diver, Colymbus arcticus.—Single birds are 
noted at Noss Head on 26th May, and Loch Ryan on 4th 
December. 
RED-THROATED DIVER, Colymbus stellatus.—Last seen, Largo 
Bay and one on Loch Ordie 28th April. Returned Largo Bay 
27th October. 
Woop-Picron, Columba palumbus palumbus.—One struck the 
Pladda lantern on 24/25th February. From 15th March to 26th 
April there are a good many notes of small numbers from Loch- 
maddy (O.H.), Pladda, Noss Head, Fair Isle, and Lerwick, 
while single birds visited Auskerry on 5th May, Fair Isle on 23rd 
May, and Noss Head on 8th June. On 14th August four appeared 
on Pladda, and there are notes of arrivals at Fair Isle and Noss 
Head from 7th to 28th October. 
Stock-Dover, Columba enas.—Arrivals at breeding-places are 
noted during the first half of February; one on Fair Isle on 26th 
April, and two there on 6th November. 
TurTLE-Dove, Streptopelia turtur turtur.—Single birds are 
