82 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY MEROPS APIASTER (Bee-eater). Shetland Symbister, June 1899, seen for some days picked up dead ("Annals," 1900, pp. 48-49). and then STRIGID/E (Owls). Sutherland and Caithness Thurso, Asio accipitrinus (Shorteared Owl), Aug. loth, ? shot. Argyll and Isles Skerryvore, A. accipitrinus, Aug. i3th, on rock. Orkney North Ronaldshay, Nyctea scandiaca (Snowy Owl), Feb. ist, one ; Nov. gth, one. FALCONID.E (Falcons and Hawks). SutJierland and Caithness Archibuteo lagopus (Rough-legged Buzzard), March 22nd, $ trapped at Braemore. Forth Buteo vulgaris (Common Buzzard), Oct. i6th, two in keeper's larder at Kilmahog. ANSERINE (Geese). Shetland Dunrossness, A. albifrons (White-fronted Goose), Dec. 1 3th, shot on Loch Spiggie ("Annals," 1900, p. 50). Moray Bernicla leucopsis (Bernacle Goose), Nov. 9th, shot near Tain ("Annals," 1900, p. 49). Dee B. brenta (Brent Goose), Oct. i4th, shot near Aberdeen. Tay Tayfield, A. brachyrhynchus (Pinkfooted Goose), April 28th, last seen; A. albifrons, April igth, one of three shot ("Annals," 1899, p. 182). Forth A. brachyrhynchus, April 1 8th, a small flock, Aberlady Bay Oct. ; 4th, a flock, Aberlady. Argyll and Isles Tiree, A. albifrons, May 4th, left; Oct. i2th, returned. Clyde Thankerton, A. brachyrhynchus, Nov. 25th, two numerous this winter. shot, very CYGNIN.E (Swans). Caithness Thurso, C. musicus (Whooper), March 22nd, 24 passing N.E. Watten, Oct. 25th, one shot. Argyll and Isles Tiree, C. musicus, Nov. 3rd ; C. bewicki (Bewick's Swan), March i2th, two flocks of 22 and 18 came in from E. ; March 25th, still here; Nov. 1 3th, arrived. ANATID^E (Ducks). Shetland Sandness, Somateria spectabilis (King Eider), Feb. 24th, c? shot ("Annals," 1899, p. in). Dunrossness, Mergus albellus (Smew), Dec. isth, shot on Loch Spiggie ("Annals," 1900, p. 50). Sutherland and Caithness Fuligula marila (Scaup), nested this year in Sutherland ("Annals," 1899, pp. 215-216). Caithness, Clangula glaudon (Golden Eye), April nth, adult $ on Loch Eye; Spatula clypeata (Shoveller), Aug. igth, ? juv., Sandside, "rare." Dee Aberdeen, Anas streperus (Gadwall), Sept. 23rd, $ shot. Rattray Head, Fuligula ferina (Pochard), April 29th, have left;
MOVEMENTS OF BIRDS IN SCOTLAND DURING 1899 83 Harelda glacialis (Long-tailed Duck), April 29th, none after this; Oct. 1 4th, eight, first; C. glaudon, Nov. igth, six; (E. nigra, April 29th, none after this. Toy Fordoun, Mareca penelope (Wigeon), Aug. 28th, at Auchinblae Dam. St. Andrews Bay, S. spectabilis, June 6th, an adult $ shot ("Annals," 1899, p. 239). Argyll and Isles Tiree, A. streperus, April 2 yth, numbers, "very late"; S. clypeata, March 3 1 st, $ and ? . Dhuheartach, S. mollissiwa, Sept. 2 1 st, first; Skerryvore, Sept. 2ist, a flock, first. Clyde S. dypeata, April 3rd, two pairs, Lochend Loch ; Dafila acuta (Pintail), Dec. i4th, one shot in Clyde above Greenock. Solway Long-tailed Duck, ? got in the autumn ("Annals," 1900, pp. 49-50). TURTUR COMMUNIS (Turtle Dove). Caithness June 23rd,