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night at Pladda on 12 th April. Returns to the shores are reported 

 in the latter half of June, and " a constant stream of numbers of 

 Black-headed Gulls each evening from 7 to 10 p.m." over Largo on 

 13th, 14th, and 15th July, the direction of flight being to the E.S.E. 



Yellow-legged Herring Gull, Larus argentafus cachinnans. — 

 See p. 71. 



Lesser Black-backed Gull, Larus fusais. — Arrivals, no doubt 

 of our own L. f. affinis, are reported from Glasgow Harbour on 9th 

 March, Renfrew Ferry and Erskine Ferry on 12th March, Kilmalcolm 

 on 6th April, and Firth of Tay on loth April. A L. f. fuscus is 

 noted at Lunan Bay on loth September, and Lesser Black-backed 

 Gulls {subsp}) were seen in Largo Bay on 6th October, and at 

 Kilmacolm on 7th November. 



Glaucous Gull, Larus hyperboreus. — Reported from Fair Isle 

 on 3rd January and 22nd February, Tay Estuary on 15th January, 

 and Noss Head on loth April. 



Iceland Gull, Lams kiccopterus. — Single birds are noted at 

 Fair Isle on 3rd January and 22nd February. 



Arctic Skua, Stercora?-!i/s parasiticus. — First noted as moving 

 at Balcomie, E. Fife, on gth August, and thereafter there are many 

 records, all from the east coast, up to 14th September. 



Buffon's SkuAj Stercorarius lojigicaudus. — We had a good view 

 of a Buffon's Skua off Fidra on 30th September. 



Little Auk, Alle alle, — Many were off Fair Isle on 3rd January, 

 and a few at the same station on 14th December. 



Puffin, Frafercula aixtica arctica. — Numbers arrived on 20th 

 April at Fair Isle, and on 24th April at Out Skerries. On nth 

 December an oil-covered Puffin was found at Ailsa Craig. 



Land-Rail, C^-ex a-ex. — First reported from Elderslie, Renfrew- 

 shire, and Peasiehill, Forfarshire, on 25th April, Hareshawmuir on 

 27th and Largo on 28th April. Thereafter arrivals are noted up to 

 1 2th May. The only Corncrake noticed at Seggieden this year was 

 on 1 6th September, and single birds are reported from Derrie, 

 Wigtownshire, on 6th October, Eaglesham, Renfrewshire, on 14th 

 October, and near Letham, Fife, "seen by a rabbit-trapper" on 4th 

 December. 



Water-Raii,, Rallus aquaticus aquaticus.—'^VL^^Q. birds were 

 seen at Derrie on i8th January, Leswalt (both Wigtownshire) on 

 20th January, Collessie, Fife, on 5th February, and Fair Isle on 

 22nd February. On 13th September we have this note from Fair 



