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Coot (Fulica atra). — One seen on Nov. 2nd, and one on Dec. 24th 

 last ; both on Cliff Loch. A third was caught on Whalsey Island on 

 Dec. 3rd. 



Long-eared Owl (Asio otus). — I have only seen one this winter ; it 

 was a male, brought to me alive from Burrafirth on Nov. 3rd. I set 

 it at liberty. 



Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator). — A good many have 

 been seen round the coast. 



Scaup-Duck (Fuligula marila). — Two were shot on the west side of 

 this island on Nov. 18th. 



Wigeon (Mareca penelope).—~H.a>ve been fairly plentiful. 



Woodcock (Scolopax rusticula). — Three seen — two on Dec. 18th, 

 1901 — at Haroldswick, and one on Jan. 8th at Burrafirth. 



Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca). — One reported from Yell on Jan. 

 24th. This bird is becoming exceedingly rare. During all my wan- 

 dering during the past four years I have only been fortunate enough 

 to come across one, and have heard of no others, nor have any traces 

 been seen. 



Iceland Gull (Larits leucopterus) . — Two were seen on Jan. 27th at 

 Baltasound. 



Waxwing (Ampelis garmlus). — A specimen — a female in fair con- 

 dition — was shown to me by a young lad, Robert Moust ; he caught 

 the bird alive at Baltasound on Dec. 25th, and tried ineffectually to 

 keep it alive. 



Red-necked Grebe (Podicipes griseigena). — One was shot at Balta- 

 sound on Dec. 30th. 



The experiment has again been tried of introducing Grouse into 

 Shetland, some six hundred birds having been let loose on the Main- 

 land last September. They have not yet strayed so far north as this 

 island, and I question very much if they will increase to any extent ; 

 want of cover, damp, Ravens, and human enemies will not give them 

 much chance. — T. Edmondston Saxby (Baltasound, Shetland). 



KEPTILIA. 



Sand-Lizards at St. Leonards-on-Sea. — In the spring and early 

 summer of 1892 1 captured several Lizards of both species, i. e. Lacerta 

 vivipara and L. agilis, on some brickfields close to West St. Leonards 

 Railway Station, and kept them alive for some weeks, though I did not 

 know until the summer of 1901 that there was any interest attached 

 to the Sand-Lizard in this district. I am perfectly convinced of their 

 identity by their much larger size and green sides, and, on looking at 



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