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month. I saw two immature birds in the month of the Tweed near Spittal, 

 and about two months later another was seen in the sea off Berwick Pier. 



ScLAVONiAN Grebe: Podiceps cornutus, (Gmel.) 

 Next to the dab-chick, seems to be our most common grebe and may be 

 seen pretty regularly on our coast during early spring. In my collection 

 are two individuals, both in winter plumage, killed in the district the one 

 on 17th February, 1883 and the other on 30th January of the present 

 year. I have seen many others obtained in the district during the last 

 few years. 



Eared Grebe : Podiceps auritus, (Linn.) 

 A male was picked up in a disabled condition on the banks of the Tweed 

 near Berwick, on 7th March, 1881, and a few days afterwards a female was 

 shot in the same locality ; both of these birds came into my possession. 

 Only a few days before, the late Dr. Brown had told me that he had seen a 

 flock of nearly 20 small grebes in the river, which he thought belonged to 

 this species. 



Stormy Petrel : Procellaria pelagica, (Linn.) 

 One was obtained by a gentleman from Newcastle, at Alnmouth, on 29th 

 September, 1883. 



Shag : Graculus cristatus, (Fabr.) 

 On 26th March, 1882, I saw one of these birds at St. Abb's Head ; it was 

 sitting upon a ledge of the cliff pruning its feathers, and at a short distance 

 from it sat two common cormorants. The shag was in immature plumage, 

 having white or pale grey breast, as was also one of the cormorants, the 

 other had almost completely assumed its summer dress. 



Berwick-on-Tweed, 30th May, 1884. 



Notices from a variety of sources connected with the Ex- 

 cursion up the Yarrow in -August, 1883. By James 

 Hardy. Plate XIII. 



1 . The Piper's Pool ; a Reminiscence of the Battle of PhiUphaugh. 



Mr Andeew Cureie writes that at the time of the battle of 

 Philiphaugh there was no bridge crossing the Ettrick, where it 

 does now ; " only a ford for the traflB.c to and from the Burgh town. 

 On the top of the bank overhanging this ford, the people of Sel- 

 kirk flocked to see the battle, and during the contested passage 

 of the ford in which for some time General Leslie was successfully 

 held in check — one of his pipers stationed on the steep bank was 

 shot dead and rolled over and over into this pool. Ettrick at 

 that time ran in full volume against Laurieston Bank, and from 



