The Scottish Naturalist. 



being so closely interlocked with those of another eagle as to 

 prevent flight), recorded by Thomas G. Henderson. Testacella 

 haliotidea (var. scutulum) in Renfrewshire. 



(fuly) — Natterer's Bat, by J. E. Harting, with a plate ; its Scotch 

 records are — once near Edinburgh, and once at Inveraray. 

 Uncommon Birds in Skye, by H. A. Macpherson, notes the 

 occurrence of the Greater Spotted Woodpecker at Edinbane, in 

 October, 1886, also of the following additions to the author's list 

 published in 1886, — Brown-headed Gull, Bar-tailed Godwit, 

 Chiffchaff, Crossbill, Sand Martin, Pintail, Pochard, Scaup, Scoter- 

 Smew, Pink-footed Goose, Pallas' Sand Grouse, Quail, Tawny 

 Owl, Buffon's Skua, and Leach's Petrel. 



{Sept.) — The so-called Mus hibernicus, by Thomas Southwell, 

 upholds the view that M. hibernicus is a hybrid between M. alex- 

 andrinusand M. decumanus. Great Crested Grebe breeding 

 in (the south of) Scotland, by Robert H. Read. 



{Oct.) — Breeding* of Pallas' Sand Grouse in Britain in 



1889. Professor Newton, on 12th Sept., exhibited, in the Bio- 

 logical section of the British Association, a young bird "not more 

 than two or three days old," from the North of Scotland. Sand 

 Grouse in Fifeshire, (seen up to August 19th, 1889, on Tent's 

 Muir), by P. Henderson. Crested Grebe breeding in 

 Scotland, by Robert H. Read, is in continuation of his earlier 

 statement. "Mr. Harvie Brown writes that he is acquainted 

 with Scottish localities where it breeds,'' Ed. Zool. Great- 

 Crested Grebe breeding in Scotland, by William Evans. 

 Spotted Crake near Glasgow, (found dead at Possil), re- 

 corded by J. Macknaught Campbell. Roller in Kirkcud- 

 brightshire, (one at Mabie), by Johnson Wilkinson. 



{Dec.) — The Pectoral Sandpiper in Orkney, (in Westray, on 

 August 26th, 1887, shot by F. Menteith Ogilvie), recorded by T. 

 E. Gunn. (The above date is corrected in the number for Feb. 



1890, to August 26th, 1889.) 



1890 (May)— The Breeding of Pallas' Sand Grouse in Moray 

 draws attention to a paper by Prof. Newton in the "Ibis" (of 

 April, 1890) giving an account of the discovery of a newly-hatched 

 chick found last summer among the Morayshire sand-hills at 

 Binsness. The paper is illustrated with a plate by Mr. Frohawk. 

 Reference is also made to two papers on the Sand Grouse in 

 Scotland, the one by Mr. William Evans, (in Proc. Roy. Phy. Soc. t 

 Edin., 1889, pp. 106-26), the other by R. H, Porter, published 

 in pamphlet form. 

 (June)— The Wild-cat in Inverness-shire, and The Polecat 

 in Sutherlandshire, both by William Yellowly. Water 

 Shrews in North Ayrshire, by D. A. Boyd. Reported 

 Nesting of the Black Redstart in Dumfries-shire, by 

 W. O. Hammond. 



