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A Seal in the Clyde.— The unusual occurrence of a Seal being found 
in the Clyde has recently been reported. The animal is stated to have been 
shot at a point some two miles above Port Glasgow, and to have weighed 50 
lbs. ^^Ficld, October nth, 1890, p. 549.) 
Increase of Redstarts in West Scotland.— Extraordinary 
numbers of Redstarts [RtUicilla phcenicurus) were observed at Ballachulish in 
August last ; whereas not a single bird was seen there five years ago, although, 
no doubt, there were a few pairs in the district. (Arthur H. Macpherson, 
Zoologist^ 1890, p. 437.) 
Buffon's Skua on the Solway.— " A Bufifon's Skua ('6V^;wr«rz«i 
J)arasitiais)—Q. rare visitor to the western coasts of Britain— has been shot 
near Carsetthorn, on the shores of the Solway. The bird was in immature 
plumage." ( Rod and Gun, Nov. 8, 1890.) 
Baltimore Oriole in Shetland.— A bird of this species was cap- 
tured alive at Balta Sound, Unst, on September the 26th, 1890, by Andrew 
Anderson, and immediately sent to London for preservation. It was sub- 
mitted for identification to Mr. Harting, who considers it an immature female, 
and very properly remarks that it had probably escaped from confinement, 
since it is often imported as a cage-bird. A bird of this species was also seen 
at Haroldswick on the same day. (H. Dykes Lloyd, Field, Nov. 15th, 1890, 
p. 746.) 
REVIEW. 
The Birds of lona and Mull. By the late H. D. Graham, edited 
by J. A. Harvie-Brown, F.Z.S. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1890. 
This is another of those handsome volumes belonging to the series on the 
Vertebrate Fauna of Scotland at present being issued by Mr. David 
Douglas. In his preface, the Editor wishes it understood that it should be 
looked upon in the light of a relief volume, amongst heavier work, affording 
not only a very pleasant and entertaining notice of the birds of the Sacred 
Island, but at the same time giving an insight into the fascinating life of a 
naturalist, who at one time spent so much leisure in their pursuit and study. 
Much of the substance of this book was communicated during the life of the 
author in a series of admirably descriptive letters, commencing in 1851, and 
ranging over twenty years, to his friend and companion, Mr. Robert Gray, and 
shortly before the death of Mr. Graham, which took place in 1872, he gave 
consent for their publication, as a memorial of many pleasant years spent in 
lona, and a contribution to the Ornithology of Scotland, dedicated to those 
who, like himself, were imbued with the true spirit of inquiry, and souglit 
their information in the open field. 
