122 THE SCOTTISH NATURALIST 



Reported in autumn from Loch Finlass, Ayrshire, on 23rd 

 September, Eaglesham on 26th, and eighty at Hareshawmuir on 

 30th September. One shot at Leswalt, Wigtownshire, on 27th 

 November. 



Pink-footed Goose, Anser brachyrhynchns.—Ahowt forty are 

 recorded from Vallay (O.H.) on 4th May. They are rare in the 

 Outer Hebrides (f. 1921, 158). On 12th October eighteen were 

 seen at Collessie, and there are a good many records from Fife after 

 this date. 



Greater Snow-Goose, Anser hyperboreus nivalis. — See p. 71. 



Barnacle Goose, Branta kucopsis. — Hundreds were seen in a 

 W. Highland locaUty on 8th April, and they left about 28th April. 

 On 24th September one arrived on Hyskeir, and two on the Isle of 

 May on 28th September, while numbers arrived at Vallay on 21st 

 October. 



Brent Goose, Branta bernicla ber?iicla. — Fifteen seen at Vallay 

 on 1 8th March, and five there on 28th March. 



Mallard, Anas platyrhyncha platyrhyncha. — The break up of 

 the great winter flocks took place at the end of March and during 

 April; Mallard were seen on the Isle of May on 12th and 22nd 

 May, and one hundred and five were counted off Kingoodie on 

 17th June. Large arrivals took place from 25th September to 

 mid-October and are recorded from many localities. Three 

 Mallard ringed as adults at Leswalt, Stranraer, on 28th February 

 192 1, were recovered as follows: — One at. Lake Storsjon, Sweden, 

 on 4th August 1 92 1, one at Nordskaale Village, Faroes, on 12th 

 May 192 1, and one a mile west of Norrkoping, Sweden, on 23rd 

 September 192 1 (2. xvi., 16). These records were not published in 

 time to be inserted in their proper place under " Ringing." 



Teal, Anas crecca crecca. — A pair visited the Isle of May on 7th 

 May. On 13th August quite 200 were on the bank of the Tay at 

 Seggieden, and from this time to 15th November a good deal of 

 movement is noted. 



Garganey, Anas querquedula. — See p. 73. 



WiGEON, Anas penelope. — By 4th August Wigeon were moving, 

 three being seen in Largo Bay and three at Balcomie, E. Fife, on 

 9th August. From 27th August to 23rd October a good deal of 

 movement is recorded, and big flocks were at Vallay on 23rd 

 November. 



Pintail, Anas acuta. — A female was at Vallay on 25th August, 

 and seven Pintail in Wigtown Bay on 17th November. 



