WILLIAM SPIERS BRUCE, LL.D. 167 
Bruce was no ordinary man. Striking in appearance, 
and of striking personality, he made a deep impression 
on his fellows, and his single-minded enthusiasm for the 
cause of Science was equalled only by his generosity and 
his modesty. JAMES RITCHIE. 
Two articles in recent numbers of The Scottish Naturalist 
have drawn supplementary evidence from English readers. 
Mr F. W. Holder, of Southport, confirms the winter 
occurrence of the Common Tern in Britain, citing the case 
of an individual shot at Marshside, on the Ribble estuary, 
on 15th January 1903; and Mr E. P. Butterfield, of 
Bradford, states that in his district, as in Dumfriesshire, 
the Ring-Ouzel has “very markedly ” decreased in numbers 
in recent years. 
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In spite of westerly winds, which in the early weeks of the 
season of the great southward migration of autumn caused 
most bird migrants to hug the west coast of Europe and to 
avoid the coasts of the British Isles, the annual movement 
has, nevertheless, brought several new or rare visitors to our 
shores, two of which are referred to in the pages that follow. 
But the most striking event of the autumn has been the 
extensive incursion of Waxwings from the middle of 
November onwards. From all quarters records are being 
received, from Caithness to the Solway, and from east coast 
to west. It is highly desirable that an effort should be 
made to trace the conditions which have caused such an 
invasion, to determine the period over which it occurred, 
and to trace the movements of the birds themselves in this 
country. The Editors would be glad to receive particulars 
of arrival, numbers, and departure of birds at every locality 
where they have been observed, so that a detailed analysis 
of the migration may appear in an early issue, 
