906 The Zoologist — September, 1807. 



Guillemot. — Common on the Firth, and shot frequently in severe 

 weather in spring above Dun more. 



Little Auk. — A little auk was killed on Loch Lomond by Sir J. 

 Colquhoun, and Mr. Thompson, of Dunmore, shot one three years ago 

 on the Forth. 



Puffin. — Local name, " sea parrot." Mr. Thompson has shot them 

 above Dunmore on the Forth. 



Razorbill. — Occasionally killed as far up as Kincardine in winter, 

 in severe weather. 



Cormorant.— 1 have frequently seen this bird crossing, at a great 

 height, from the Firth of Forth to that of Clyde : it seems a long and 

 unusual flight for this "weird watcher of the ocean." Common at 

 some seasons on Loch Lomond : Captain A. G. Spiers informs me that 

 he has seen them on his pond at Fintry. 



Shag. — The shag follows, as does the last species, the shoals of 

 small fish that come up the estuary of the Forth in September. 



Gannet. — Seldom seen ; I have seen a stray individual or two pass 

 high overhead, shaping their course no doubt for Ailsa Craig : one was 

 picked up in an exhausted state in a field in the parish of Duuipace, 

 about three miles north of Denny. 



Common Tern. — Local name, "sea swallow." Abundant, often 

 coming up our river in stormy weather. Breeds on the islands of 

 the Firth of Forth and on Iuchmoin, an island of Loch Lomond. 



Arctic Tern. — Also common. Breeds on Inchmoin (?) and on the 

 islands of the Firth of Forth. 



Sandwich Tern. — " This tern has of late years bred on the 

 island of Inchmoin : there are about a dozen pairs. Such a situation 

 is not usual, but they will probably increase if unmolested." — Mr. R. 

 Gray. 



Roseate Tern. — "A few pairs breed on Inchmoin." — Mr. R. Gray. 



Lesser Tern. — " Occurs in summer upon Inchmoin, in company 

 with the other species breeding on the same station. It is, however, 

 not numerous." — Mr. R. Gray. 



Buonaparte's Gull. — An example was procured, on Loch Lomond, 

 by Sir George Leith, as mentioned in Montagu's ' British Birds,' in 

 'Zoologist' (Zool. 3117), and also taken notice of in Morris's ' British 

 Birds' (vol. vi. p. 146). I notice this bird as killed in Stirlingshire, as 

 I believe it was killed over the surface of the loch. I consider it much 

 better to include all birds killed on Loch Lomond as Stirlingshire, than 

 to draw an imaginary boundary line up the centre of the loch. At the 



