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Norwegian Blubthroat {Luscinia s. gaetkei). — One at Peiitland 

 Skerries on May 6th and four on September 19th, one at Auskerrj^ 

 on May 8th. 



Hedge-Sparrow (Prunella m. occidentalis). — ^Two nests were 

 found in Uist (Outer Hebrides) where it has not previously been 

 known to breed. 



Hoopoe (Upupa e. epops). — One at Lerwick on September 22nd. 



Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dryobates m. angliciis). — Bred at 

 Tliirlestane and Gask (Perthshire). 



Wryneck (Jynx t. torquilla). — One at Little Ross Lighthouse 

 (Kirkcudbrightshire) on August 28th. 



Sparrow-Hawk (Accipiter n. nisus). — One at Sule Skerry on April 

 15th and one on May 17th, one at Auskerry on October 8th. 



Sheld-Duck (Tadorna tadorna). — One at Fair Isle on September 

 10th. 



Gadwall [Anas strepera). — Foimd breeding (yomig seen) in Moray 

 and Sutherland, a first record for the former and second for the latter. 

 It will be remembered that it was found breeding in Caithness in 

 1912 (c/. Vol. VL, p. 318). 



Slavonian Grebe [Colymhua auritus). — Two nests with eggs were 

 found on June 26th. 



Little Stint {Erolia m. minuta). — One at Fair Isle on Jvine 2nd. 



Green Sandpiper (Tringa ocrophus). — One at an inland loch m 

 Ross-shire on August 15th. 



Black-tailed God wit (Limosa limosa). — One shot in Kirkcudbright- 

 shire on the Solway on January 2nd, five clearly identified on the 

 Dornoch Firth on August 26th, one on the Beaulv Firth on October 

 13th. 



Long-tailed Skua (Stercorarius longicaudus). — In May one in 

 Harris, and one at New Deer (Aberdeenshire). 



H. F. W. 



