. British birds. Birds. KTWW). The Glasgow Naturalist. Vol. I., parts I-IV.; Vol. II., parts I-III. Edited by D. A. Boyd and John Paterson. This publication, which is the journal of the Natural History Society of Glasgow, contains some interesting and useful papers and notes upon birds, and generally reaches a higher level of excellence than most publications of the kind. In the first volume we find a useful paper on " The Birds of Lendalfoot " (pp. 5-23) by the late Charles Berry, in which we note that the Marsh-Titmouse is not uncommon and breeds occasionally, and is far more numer
. British birds. Birds. KTWW). The Glasgow Naturalist. Vol. I., parts I-IV.; Vol. II., parts I-III. Edited by D. A. Boyd and John Paterson. This publication, which is the journal of the Natural History Society of Glasgow, contains some interesting and useful papers and notes upon birds, and generally reaches a higher level of excellence than most publications of the kind. In the first volume we find a useful paper on " The Birds of Lendalfoot " (pp. 5-23) by the late Charles Berry, in which we note that the Marsh-Titmouse is not uncommon and breeds occasionally, and is far more numerous in winter. In his paper on the " Birds of the Glasgow District " [vide infra) Mr. Paterson remarks that the Marsh-Tit has a "puzzling," and apj)arently very local, distribution about Glasgow (Vol. II., p. 47). The Marsh-Tit is a rare bird in Scotland, and it should be noted that apparently all the specimens procured in the Forth and Moray areas proved to be Willow-Tits and not Marsh-Tits at all (c/. Fauna Tay Basin, pp. 90 and 91, footnotes) ; it would therefore seem advisable that the Marsh-Tits from these districts should be carefully examined. A Bittern mentioned as shot at Lendalfoot contained six trout from four to six inches long. Two Glossy Ibis are noted as seen near the same place on September 15th, 1889 ; a Turtle-Dove on November 28th, 1908 ; a Little Gull on December 16th, 1902 ; an Iceland Gull on January 19th, 1903, while a Great Shearwater was found dead on October 3rd, 1904. In some "Jottings " (pp. 35-38) by the same writer, we note the occurrence of a Song-Thrush and Blackbird inter- breeding at Lendalfoot. Four young were hatched, but they all apparently got killed, and Mr. Berry can only say that he could see no difference in their appearance from young Blackbirds. The increase and spread of the Stock-Dove in the Clyde Area is treated by Messrs. R. S. and H. W. Wilson in a useful paper (pp. 101-110), and a note on the same s
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