520 Zoological Notes, by Andrew Brotherston. 



" The real White's Thrush, T. varius Pallas, was first described 

 as an inhabitant of Siberia, to which country, and to the N.E. of 

 Asia (i. e., China and Japan) it is now known to be a regular 

 summer visitant. Owing to causes that I cannot attempt to ex- 

 plain, a small number of examples seem yearly to migrate west- 

 ward in autumn, and to come into Europe, where they occur as 

 stragglers ; but the majority, no doubt, retire more or less due 

 southward, for they have been obtained in winter in the Philip- 

 pine Islands and such like places." 



Zoological Notes. By Andeew Brotherston, Kelso. 



Wolf Fish {Annarrhichas lupus), Linn. — On May 10th, 1877, 1 

 received an example of this ferocious and repulsive looking fish, 

 which had been captured near Berwick. The stomach contained 

 a large quantity of the remains of various crustaceans and 

 molluscs, which appear to be its chief feeding. The powerful 

 jaws, armed with their large canine looking front teeth, and the 

 strong, rounded, bony, tubercular ones situated on the vomer 

 and palate, are admirably adapted for crushing the animals they 

 feed upon. Notwithstanding its unprepossessing appearance, 

 the flesh is excellent eating, as is generally the case with those 

 fish that feed on crustaceans. 



Night Jar (Caprimulgus Europaus), Linn. — This bird is in- 

 creasing in this district. Most of those that are sent to me are 

 young birds shot in the autumn. An adult male was shot on 

 Eoxburgh Moor, on the 31st of May, 1877, and another old bird 

 was killed at Sunlaws, May 28, 1878. These two were from the 

 same neighbourhood --within two miles — where, I believe, they 

 will breed. It is very probable that they nest also about 

 Stichill, as I have had several young birds from there. I had 

 one from Liddesdale, August 23rd, 1878, where, I believe, they 

 occur in considerable numbers. 



Turtle Dove [Turtur auritus), Gray. — An adult female was 

 shot at Caldronbrae, near Stichill, on the 25th June, 1877 ; 

 another, a young bird, was shot at Cornhill, in the middle of 

 September. 



