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Isle " many Water-Rails have been some time on the island;" on 

 28/2gth September one struck the Hyskeir lantern, and an influx 

 took place at Corsemalzie, while on gth October " many were resting 

 in the whins, at the top of the cliffs," at Leswalt, Wigtownshire. 

 On 25th November one is reported from Vallay (O.H.). 



Moorhen, Gallinula chloropits chloropus ; Coot, Fnlica atra 

 atra. — Both species returned to Possil Marsh on 30th January 

 "very early," but the cold snap drove them off on 5th February; 

 they "returned in force" however on 27th February. 



Quail, Coturuix coticrnix cotiirnix. — Heard at Inveresk, Mid- 

 lothian, on 20th June (i. 1921, 125), and one was seen at Teasses, 

 Fife, on iSth October. 



BOOK NOTICES. 



The Biology of the Sea-Shore. By F. W. Flattely and C. L. 

 Walton, M.Sc. With an Introduction by Prof. J. Arthur 

 Thomson, M.A., LL.D. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 

 Ltd., 1922. Pp. xvi-l-336. Price i6s. net. 



BUTTERFISH PROTECTING EgGS. 



Many books have been published on the life of the sea-shore, but 

 none gives the reader so vivid an impression of the difficulties 

 encountered by animals in this familiar region, or of the marvellous 

 variety of adaptations by which life has conquered the difficulties and 

 survived. To afford a background for the discussion of these adaptations 

 of shore animals the authors have described the peculiar physical 



