ipU* Wakrkn. — Notes on Migration of Skuas. 155 
I think one may safely infer that the skuas visiting Tralee 
harbour, on the 25th, two days after the flight passed up 
the Moy estuary, were one and the same flight. I may 
suggest that the line of flight of these skuas after leaving the 
Moy Estuary, was along the line of lakes (Loughs Conn, 
Cullen, Mask, and Corrib) breaking out from the end of 
Corrib on the Gal way coast, and then along the coast to 
Tralee harbour, but it is difficult to account for the two 
days that elapsed from the time they left the Moy estuary 
on the 23rd, till they appeared on the 25th in Tralee harbour. 
The only way I think it possible to account for these two 
days, is, that the birds on their way along the coast, finding 
the gales too heavy for their progress, took refuge and 
shelter within the mouth of the Shannon. Skuas have 
been shot on Lough Conn during the month of October. 
I saw a black variety of the Pomatorhine shot by Mr. 
Garvey on that lake ; and on another occasion I was given 
a bird in similar plumage shot at Killaser (inland) twenty 
miles from the sea, but in the vicinity of Lough Conn. 
Very few skuas are seen in the estuary on their return 
north on the spring migration. Generally two or three, 
or at most half a dozen birds appear in the estuary, with 
the return of the terns early in May. They seldom remain 
longer than a few days, taking toll from the terns while 
they stay. 
Ardnaree, Monkstown, Co. Cork. 
IRISH SOCIETIES. 
ROYAL ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 
Recent gifts include a young female Indian Elephant from the Maharajah 
of Mysore, eight Rabbits from Messrs, R. and H. Browne, eight Waxbills 
from Mr. Garden Buckley, an African Grey Parrot from Capt. O'Callaghan, 
and a White Dove from Mr. S. P. Preston. 
The young Elephant is about three years old, and has the head and 
part of the back clothed with long black hairs ; it has a pair of small 
but evenly developed tusks. Its appearance otters an interesting contrast 
to that of the seven-year old " Roma " of the same species. 
