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were seen at Musselburgh, on 18th September, 1874. I have 

 seen as many as two hundred Glaucous Gulls in one day at 

 Kincardine-on-Forth, and have examined upwards of twenty 

 that were shot there within a few hours. 



Richardson's Skua (Lestris Richardsonii) has been seen, 

 and procured, in unusual numbers this winter along the 

 coast from Coldingham to Cramond. 



Robert Gray. 

 13, Inverleith Roiv, Edinburgh, Jan. 18, 1875. 



On Iron and Iron-slag, &c, found at Worm Law and 

 Yeavering. By James Hardy. 



I have constantly endeavoured, when I had opportunity, to 

 re-examine the scenes of the Club's excavations, after the 

 weather has repeatedly acted on them, as then objects are 

 not unlikely to be revealed which had escaped the unprac- 

 tised eyes of the diggers. It was thus, to select an illustra- 

 tion from the subject about to be spoken of, that I picked 

 up the only flint (a mere chip, in my opinion) obtained on 

 the summit of Yeavering Bell (Vol. iv., plate xvi., fig. 1), in 

 one — that on the left-hand — of the guard-houses of the south 

 entrance to the great enclosed area, after the search had 

 been given up. I have now to make another observation, 

 respecting something unexpected, that revealed itself on a 

 recent visit to the scene of those investigations ; although it 

 is, I confess, rather akin to the result of that remarkable 

 event, the exploration of the " Kaim of Kinprunes." On 

 the 18th July, 1873, I accompanied the late Mr. Robert 

 White, the well-known author of " Otterburne," " Bannock- 

 burn," &c, to view the numerous traces of British occupancy, 

 so manifest on all sides, and to ascend the hill. It was a 

 memorable day, for the kindly old man had travelled all the 

 distance from Newcastle, that we might become better ac- 

 quainted with each other, than through the medium of 

 several years' correspondence. The hill was not a stranger 



