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Stone Curlew and Ivory Gull in County Cork. 
We received a Stone Curlew shot by Col. Morris at Castletownshend, 
Co. Cork, on February 24th. The bird was an adult female, in fine 
plumage, and was feeding with a small flock of Curlew in some fields. 
This 's we understand the first occurrence in the county. The specimen 
is being presented by the owner (Sir Edgar Coghill ) to the University 
College Museum, Cork. Another very rare \-isitor has also been obtained 
viz., the Ivory Gull. Unfortunately this fine specimen, an adult male, 
was apparently attacked by a Peregrine, and the breast, wing and leg were 
the only parts left. It was picked up on the Marina, Cork, where it was 
apparently dropped by the Peregrine in flight or from a tree, on February 
1 6th. The plumage and skin were quite fresh, and had portions of flesh, 
&c., adhering. We beheve this is the third record of the Ivory Gull 
in Ireland. The recent severe weather no doubt account for these visitors, 
as well as an abnormal number of Great Northern Divers (some in summer 
plumage) recently got oft" this coast. Both the above specimens were 
seen bj- Mr. Robert Warren and Mr. R. J. Ussher. 
RoHU & Sons. 
Cork. 
Ivory Gull in County Donegal. 
A beautiful specimen of the Ivory Gull {Pagophela ehurnea) (female) 
in immature plumage was shot at Teehn, near Carrick, Co. Donegal, 
on March 25th, and forwarded to me in the flesh. This is the fifth Irish 
record, and the second this year. All were obtained in the early spring 
on our S. or W. coasts. The comparatively small feet with rough, thick 
scalloped webs and Skua-like claws were remarkable, but the web men- 
tioned in Saunders' " Manual," between the tarsus and hind toe was not 
well marked, as stated by him. 
Richard M. Barrington. 
Fassaroe, Bray. 
Gannets on the Skelligs in 1700. 
In the " Birds of Ireland," and in Mr. Ussher's " List of Irish Birds, 
1908," (to be had at the National Mu.seum, Dubhn), he mentions Smith's 
record of 1750 as the earUest known to him of the Gannet colony on the 
Skelhgs. There is, however, in Brady's Records of Cork, Cloyne and Ross 
published by Alexander Thom, Dubhn, in 1863, an account of a tour of 
Bishop Dive Downes, in which, under the heading of Kilmore Parish, 
and dated 3rd June, 1700, the following occurs: — "We saw also from 
thence {i.e., Mt. Gabriel), BallineskelHx Islands in Kerry. On the SkeUix 
the gannet, as big as a goose, breeds." That is fifty years earher than 
the date mentioned by Mr. Ussher, and on my drawing his attention to 
