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Bute, Sept. 8th, one. STERNIN^E (Terns).<br />
86 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY<br />
LIMOSA BELGICA (Black-tailed Godwit).<br />
Argyll and Isles Tiree, May i7th, a pair at Favie remained for<br />
ten days. Clyde Balgray Dam, Sept. 2ist, one; also one shot at<br />
Caldwell this month.<br />
NUMENIUS PHJEOPUS (Whinibrel).<br />
Orkney North Ronaldshay, May 1 3th, many. Dee Aberdeen,<br />
Oct. 1 4th, ten. Forth Bo'ness, July 3ist, one. Dunipace, Aug.<br />
6th, five, flying W. Aberlady, Aug. yth, many. Musselburgh, Aug.<br />
3oth-3ist, strong migration during these nights, with other birds.<br />
Argyll and Isles Tiree, April 3oth, have arrived ; May 4th, very<br />
numerous; May 5th, in shoals. Dhuheartach, May 23rd, one, on<br />
rock. Clyde Lendalfoot, April 24th. Mearns Moor, May 2oth, one.<br />
Caithness Thurso, May agth, S. macrura (Arctic Tern),<br />
numerous. Dee Rattray Head, S. minuta (Lesser Tern), April<br />
28th, two. Forth Dalmeny, S. fluviatilis (Common Tern), Oct. 7th,<br />
many in Forth; Oct. i4th, a few. S. minuta, Aug. 8th, three at<br />
Musselburgh. Aberlady, Hydrochelidon nigra (Black Tern), Aug. 7th,<br />
one adult (" Annals," 1900, p. 52). Argyll and Isles Dhuheartach,<br />
C. macrura, May aoth, several. Tiree, May 7th, several S. fluviatilis ;<br />
May 7th, several S. minuta.<br />
There are numerous other records of "Terns" which are unquotable,<br />
as the species are not specified.<br />
LARIN^E (Gulls).<br />
Shetland North Unst, L. leucopterus (Iceland Gull), Sept. 26th,<br />
two. Orkney Sule Skerry L.H., Nov. 23rd, one. Argyll and Isles<br />
Dhuheartach, Nov. 29th, one. Dee Aberdeen, L. glancus<br />
(Glaucous Gull), April 2nd, three killed.<br />
STERCORARIUS CATARRHACTES (Great Skua).<br />
Argyll and Isles Dhuheartach, July 28th-2gth, two, first time<br />
observed here.<br />
STERCORARIUS CREPIDATUS (Arctic Skua).<br />
Caithness Thurso, Aug. izth. Forth Oct. i4th, a good many<br />
near Inchkeith. Argyll and Isles Tiree, June 3rd, arrived.<br />
MERGULUS ALLE (Little Auk).<br />
Shetland North Unst, May 8th, one picked up. Forth Portobello,<br />
Nov. 20th, one found in quarry. Outer Hebrides Barra, April,<br />
one brought in by cat ("Annals," 1899, p. 183).
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