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shot at Yetholm Loch., October 7th, L878. This is a rare Goose 

 in this neighbourhood. There is one in Kelso Museum (to which 

 institution this one has been presented) which was shot at Cavers, 

 over 60 years ago. 



Food of the Hooded Crow (Corvus comix), Linn. — In the 

 "Proc." 1876, p, 182, I mentioned one that was shot near Yet- 

 holm, Oct. 20, 1876, the stomach of which was full of Beetles and 

 barley. I dissected another, shot at Blacklaw, Nov. 5th, 1878, 

 whose stomach contained nothing except sea-shells and barley 

 intermixed. The shells appeared to have been in the stomach for 

 some time, while the barley seemed to be but recently 

 swallowed. As the " crow flies," Blacklaw is 20 miles from the 

 sea. 



Cream-coloured Hedge-Sparrow (Accentor nodularis), Linn. 

 — A beautiful specimen was obtained at Smailholm, November 

 18, 1878. 



Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus), Linn. — A fine male of this 

 species was shot on the Bowmont, near Paston, November 1 8th, 

 1878, but was nearly lost, the river being in high flood at the 

 time. I have heard that, about the same time, a female was ob- 

 tained a short distance farther down. Some of the Grebes have 

 the curious habit of eating their feathers. This specimen had a 

 large quantity in its stomach, with the elytra of a few Beetles 

 intermixed. The feathers, which appeared to be mainly from 

 the breast, were dyed green, as if it had been feeding on some 

 vegetable matter. 



Glaucous Gull (Larus glaucus), Mull. — On the 19th Novem- 

 ber, 1878, an adult male, in full winter plumage, was shot at the 

 Magdalene Fields, Berwick, and secured for the Museum of that 

 town, which already possesses a very good series of the Common 

 Gulls of the district.* 



* See a previous notice.— Ed. 



