70 ORNITHOLOGICAL NOTES 



I should also like to record the following rare birds, which have 

 been recently noticed in the district, viz. : — 



The Grey-lag Goose, Ariser cinereus, Meyer. 



One was shot on Yarrow Slake, on 4th January 1903, by a local 

 gnnner, and came into my possession. It was one of a party, which 

 originally consisted of five individuals, and which frequented the 

 banks of the Tweed for some weeks. Another was shot, but was not 

 preserved, and as I did not see it, it is only surmise that the flock 

 may have been all of this species. 



Bittern, Botaurus stellaris (L.) 



A Bittern was recorded in the newspapers as having been killed 

 at Otterburn, on 2nd January 1904. It was a female, and was 

 preserved. 



Shag, Phalacrocorax graculus (L.) 



This bird is still a sufficiently rare visitor to Berwick to make it 

 worth while recording that, on the afternoon of 28fch December 1903, 

 I saw one sitting upon the parapet of the pier. There was a very 

 strong sea running at the time. The bird, which was in immature 

 plumage, allowed us to approach it very closely before taking wing. 



Green Woodpecker, Geciv,us viridis (L.) 



I examined, in the possession of Mr William Hall, bird-stuffer, 

 Wooler, an immature specimen of this (with us) very rare bird, in 

 January 1904. It had been shot at Linhope, during the preceding 

 autumn, as it was climbing about the posts of a garden fence. 



Glossy Ibis, Ibis Falcinellus (Gmel) 



In the "Annals of Scottish Natural History" for January 1903, Mr 

 A. Steel records an immature example of this rare bird, shot on the 

 Tweed, about four miles below Kelso, on 17th November 1902; and 

 as being within the limits of the Club, it seems only right to draw 

 attention to the occurrence here. 



Rose-coloured Pastor, Pastor roseus (L.) 



One was shot by a Newcastle gentleman, at Holy Island, about the 

 beginning of October 1903. From the description it appears to have 

 been an adult, and it was in company with a flock of starlings when 

 shot. 



