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were seen nesting ; Tree-Creepers frequently, and Tree- Sparrows 

 and Bramblings occasionally, in Midlothian ; Twites on the 

 Pentland and Eildon Hills ; Eeed-Buntings rarely, and Snow- 

 Buntings with some frequency, in Midlothian ; one pair of 

 Eavens on the Moorfoot Hills ; Hooded Crows near Musselburgh ; 

 Wood-Larks nesting near Portobello, and, near Melrose, two 

 Green Woodpeckers. Wigeon and Common Scoters frequent 

 the Mussel Scaup near Musselburgh in winter ; Kock-Pigeons 

 nest on the coast of Haddingtonshire ; Binged Sand Plovers, 

 Dunlins, Common Bedshanks, and Greenshanks are plentiful on 

 the southern shore of the Firth of Forth in winter, and Mr. Beid 

 found a nest of the Common Bedshank in Strathallan, in Perth- 

 shire, in 1884. The same observer shot a Purple Sandpiper on 

 Craigentinny meadows between Leith and Portobello, and has 

 seen a few Whimbrels at the Mussel Scaup, and Sandwich and 

 Little Terns in the same locality. Three Great Northern Divers 

 were shot in the Firth of Forth, near Portobello, in 1883, by 

 Mr. E. Johnston, and a Great Crested Grebe has been shot on 

 Duddingston Loch. 



Of birds which are not known to nest in Britain, Mr. Beid 

 has seen Fieldfares, Mealy Bedpolls, and Firecrests in Mid- 

 lothian, and the last-named birds in Bute also ; a Firecrest was 

 shot near Musselburgh in 1885 by Mr. W. Logan. Golden-eyed 

 Ducks have been seen frequently at the Mussel Scaup ; a Grey 

 Plover was shot by Mr. Beid near Dunbar in 1887, and a Turn- 

 stone — one of a flock of about twenty — was shot near Mussel- 

 burgh in 1885. Jack- Snipe and Bar-tailed Godwits have been 

 observed in the same locality on several occasions. 



I add a few corrections to my paper on "Names of Birds of 

 uncertain Origin or Meaning" (Zool. 1906) : — Page 272, line 11 

 and line 17, instead of " alcatroz " read " alcatraz" ; p. 273, 

 line 3, instead of "ductus" read "Auctus." In order to make 

 the meaning clearer, read " moreover " instead of " however" in 

 line 17 on p. 272. 



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