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1910, for about a month (G. W. Rvissell, p. 44). An adult female on 

 May 12t]a, 1913, at Fair Isle (W. E. Clarke, p. 55). 



Bean-Goose (Anser /. fahalis). — One on Jan. 10th, 1913, at Fair 

 Isle [id.. I.e.). 



Pintail {Dafda acuta). — A nest was found m June, 1913, in the 

 -Moray area (A. C. Jackson, p. 45). 



Smew {Mergus albellus). — An adult female on Jan. 21st, 1018, at 

 Fair Isle (W. E. Clarke, p. 55). 



Great Crested Grebe {Colymhus c. cristatus). — A pair frequented 

 a loch in the Moray area in the summer of 1912, but no nest was 

 found. In 1913 a pair again frequented the same loch and a nest 

 with one egg which had been sucked was found in May. The birds 

 nested again and a young one was hatched in July. The Great Crested 

 Grebe has not previously been recorded as nesting north of Perthshire 

 <A. C. Jackson, p. 46). 



Stone-Curlew (Burhinus ce. oedicnemus). — An adult feinale on 

 June 7th, 1913, at Fair Isle — only twice before recorded from Scotland 

 (W. E. Clarke, p. 55). 



Ruff (Machetes pugnax). — ^A male on Sept. 25th, 1912, on Baleshare 

 .(Outer Hebrides) (W. A. Gray, p. 69). 



TEMMiNCk's Stint (EroHa temminchii). — A female on May 13th, 

 1913, at Fair Isle (W. E. Clarke, p. 55). ' 



Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa I. lapponica). — One on May 20th, 

 1913, at Fair Isle (id., I.e.). 



Whimbrel (Numenius ph. phceopus). — A pair shot from a flock of 

 Gui'lews near Cramond (Forth) on Jan. 28th, 1914 (B. Campbell, p. 95). 



Unusual winter-migration of Woodcock. — ^In reference 

 to the note on this subject (antea. id. 324), Mr. E. W. Wade 

 writes that some of his friends are challengmg the state- 

 ment that eighty or ninety were, shot on Scarborough 

 racecourse in two days. He finds that the true version 

 is that this number was shot there during the season. 



