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(i. 192 1, 158), 25th May and 30th May, and from Fair 

 Isle on 13th April. A male Hobby was shot on Panmure 

 Estate, Forfarshire, on 21st June, and another in the same 

 locality in mid-August, while an Osprey was seen going 

 N. over the Isle of May on 17th May and one on Elliot 

 Water, Forfarshire, on 27th August. A Bittern was shot 

 in Berwickshire on 25th January (i. 1921, 132); another 

 frequented Loch Connel, Wigtownshire, from 26th August 

 at least to 21st September, and one was caught at Braco, 

 Perthshire, in mid-December (i. 1922, 32). A Garganey 

 drake was observed at Possil Marsh on 29th May, and 

 a Green Sandpiper in Largo Bay on 4th August and 

 8th September. A Grey Phalarope was obtained on Hyskeir 

 on nth September, and Great Snipe at Muirkirk, Ayrshire, 

 on 8th September (i. 1921, 185), Fair Isle on 14th September, 

 and Corsemalzie, Wigtownshire, on 7th November. 



Extension of Breeding Range. 



Mr W. Stewart (2. xv. 208) reports " at least one pair " 

 of Lesser Whitethroats nesting in the Inverary district of 

 Loch Fyne this season. Although the species has been 

 seen on migration both north and south of this locality, 

 it has not been found nesting before in this area. Great 

 Spotted Woodpeckers nested at Glenfinart, Ardentinny, and 

 Castle Lachlan, Strachur ; Major Leschallas knew of two 

 nests at the former place and thought there were two others 

 " as they could be heard working in places far removed 

 from the ones we knew of" (i. 1921, 134). A pair of these 

 birds bred at the Trossachs, the nesting hole was found and 

 the chirping of the young inside was heard as the old birds 

 went in and out (i. 192 1, 134). It is very delightful to 

 hear of the spread of this beautiful bird in Scotland. 



A very interesting increase in breeding range, or perhaps 

 more correctly a return to old haunts, is that of the Golden 

 Eagles which nested in the Loch Boon district this year 

 as they have done for a few years, although the occurrence 

 was not recorded. It has been so fully reported and so 

 much discussed in the Scotsman, Glasgow Herald, and other 

 papers that it is unnecessary to do more than refer to it 

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