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  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST, 
  

  

  date 
  for 
  Meadow-Pipits 
  to 
  be 
  seen. 
  [ 
  also 
  thought 
  I 
  saw 
  a 
  Wagtail, 
  

   but 
  of 
  this 
  I 
  am 
  not 
  sure. 
  — 
  D. 
  A. 
  Bannerman 
  (Guildford). 
  

  

  Ornithological 
  Notes 
  from 
  Shetland. 
  — 
  

  

  Short-eared 
  Owl 
  [Asia 
  accipitrinus). 
  — 
  A 
  good 
  many 
  seen 
  during 
  

   the 
  winter. 
  

  

  Snowy 
  Owl 
  (Nyctea 
  scandiaca). 
  — 
  One, 
  immature, 
  Nov. 
  13th, 
  1903 
  ; 
  

   one, 
  quite 
  white, 
  reported 
  to 
  me 
  from 
  Haroldswick, 
  Nov. 
  17th, 
  1903. 
  

  

  Whooper 
  Swan 
  (Cygnus 
  musicus). 
  — 
  A 
  few 
  passed 
  south, 
  11 
  a.m., 
  

   Oct. 
  25th, 
  and 
  at 
  8 
  p.m., 
  Nov. 
  28th, 
  1903. 
  Five 
  passed 
  overhead 
  in 
  a 
  

   northerly 
  direction 
  at 
  6 
  p.m. 
  on 
  March 
  24th, 
  1904. 
  Heard 
  overhead, 
  

   flying 
  north-west, 
  11.30 
  p.m., 
  April 
  29th, 
  1904. 
  

  

  Smew 
  (Mergus 
  albellus). 
  — 
  Two 
  at 
  Baltasound, 
  Oct. 
  30th, 
  1903. 
  

   These 
  are 
  the 
  only 
  ones 
  I 
  have 
  ever 
  seen 
  in 
  Shetland. 
  

  

  Rose-coloured 
  Starling 
  {Pastor 
  roseus), 
  — 
  One 
  — 
  the 
  only 
  one 
  I 
  have 
  

   ever 
  seen 
  alive 
  — 
  in 
  the 
  garden 
  at 
  Halligarth, 
  on 
  Nov. 
  6th, 
  1903 
  ; 
  it 
  

   was 
  sitting 
  on 
  a 
  branch 
  of 
  a 
  mountain-ash, 
  and 
  I 
  had 
  a 
  good 
  look 
  

   at 
  it. 
  

  

  Waxwing 
  (Ampelis 
  garrulus). 
  — 
  My 
  little 
  girl 
  found 
  the 
  remains 
  of 
  

   one 
  hanging 
  in 
  the 
  honeysuckle 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  my 
  house, 
  Nov. 
  12th, 
  

  

  1903. 
  Judging 
  by 
  its 
  appearance, 
  it 
  had 
  hung 
  for 
  about 
  a 
  fort- 
  

   night. 
  

  

  Glaucous 
  Gull 
  (Larus 
  glaucus). 
  — 
  A 
  few 
  seen 
  during 
  the 
  winter. 
  

   Woodcock 
  (Scolopax 
  rusticula). 
  — 
  One 
  at 
  Burraforth, 
  Feb. 
  12th, 
  

  

  1904. 
  Many 
  reported 
  from 
  near 
  Lerwick 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  time. 
  

   Jackdaw 
  (Corvus 
  monedula). 
  — 
  One 
  at 
  Haroldswick 
  along 
  with 
  some 
  

  

  Rooks, 
  Feb. 
  14th, 
  1904. 
  One 
  at 
  same 
  place, 
  March 
  9th, 
  1904. 
  

  

  Song-Thrush 
  (Tardus 
  musicus). 
  — 
  One 
  at 
  Halligarth, 
  March 
  5th 
  and 
  

   March 
  9th, 
  1904. 
  

  

  Chiffchaff 
  (Phylloscopus 
  rufus). 
  — 
  A 
  good 
  number 
  from 
  April 
  15th 
  

   to 
  26th, 
  1904. 
  

  

  Brambling 
  (Fringilla 
  montifringilla). 
  — 
  A 
  great 
  many 
  from 
  April 
  

   16th 
  to 
  May 
  27th, 
  1904. 
  

  

  Willow- 
  Wren 
  (PhyUoscopus 
  trochilus). 
  — 
  Many, 
  April 
  19th. 
  A 
  few 
  

   still 
  about 
  Halligarth, 
  May 
  27th, 
  1904. 
  

  

  Siskin 
  (Carduelis 
  spinus). 
  — 
  At 
  least 
  two, 
  April 
  19th, 
  1904. 
  

  

  White 
  Wagtail 
  (Mutacilla 
  alba). 
  — 
  One 
  shot 
  at 
  Haroldswick, 
  April 
  

   25th, 
  1904. 
  

  

  Hawfinch 
  (Coccuthraustes 
  vulgaris). 
  — 
  One, 
  a 
  female, 
  brought 
  to 
  me 
  

   alive 
  on 
  May 
  3rd, 
  1904. 
  So 
  far 
  as 
  I 
  am 
  aware, 
  this 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  record 
  

   for 
  Shetland. 
  

  

  Little 
  Gull 
  (Larus 
  minutus). 
  — 
  One 
  at 
  Nyrasound, 
  May 
  3rd, 
  1904. 
  

  

  