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taken, the proprietor having given strict orders for their protection, 

 but the Peewit can now only be numbered by a few dozen pairs. The 

 same scarcity is apparent -in several districts; (March 19th) many 

 Peewits are hanging up in the poulterers' shops in Bath. In another 

 week or two eggs also will be on sale ! The birds may be foreign, but 

 what difference does this make ? Only that there will be fewer to 

 migrate to these shores. There used to be three ' stands ' of Golden 

 Plover on the Warren ; planting has destroyed one if not two of these 

 sites, but it is probable that they still frequent the ground. 



" Rough-legged Buzzards were quite common in the winter twenty 

 or twenty-five years ago. I have often seen several on the wing at the 

 same time. An Eagle frequented the Warren for two winters between 

 1870-80. Roe-Deer obtained from Wiirtemberg have been turned 

 down in the ycung Warren Woods, and have increased considerably." 

 W. Dalziel Mackenzie. 



Ornithological Notes from Shetland.— 



Red Gkouse (Lagopus scoticus). — Two seen, Nov. 16th, 1902. 



Arctic Skua [Stercorarius crepidatus) . — One flew over my head on 

 Nov. 23rd, 1902 ; this one was of the dark variety. Several others 

 were reported to me along the east side of Shetland from same date 

 and up till Dec. 6th. 



Lapwing (Vanellus vulgaris). — A few seen from Nov. 22nd till Dec. 

 30th. One at west side of the island on March 10th. Another speci- 

 men which was rescued from a "hawk" (Peregrine?) brought to me 

 alive on March 14th. Its right wing was broken, and part of the 

 " scalp" on the same side torn up. I kept the bird for one day, but, 

 though it ate readily some small worms and ran about freely at first, 

 it gradually became weaker, and developed fits, falling over to the left 

 side and turning round and round (always to the left), and died 

 next day. 



Iceland Gull (Larus leucopterus). — One (a male) brought to me; 

 several others seen Dec. 12th. 



Whooper Swan (Cygnus musicus). — On Dec. 18th, at 8.30 a.m., nine 

 flew past my house in a S.W. direction ; they rested for a few minutes 

 on a small sheet of water about a mile away, but, being disturbed, rose 

 and flew off to the southward. 



Chaffinch (Fringilla ccelebs) and Snow-Buntings (Plectrophenax 

 nivalis) have not been nearly so plentiful as usual. 



Razorbills (Alca tor da) and Common Guillemots ( TJria troile) have 

 been very plentiful. 



Little Auk (Mergulus alle). — A few seen; one (a young male) 

 obtained. 



