18 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



ON THE OCCURRENCE OF WILSON'S PETREL 

 {OCEANITES OCEANICA, Kuhl) IN JURA. 



By Henry Evans, F.Z.S. 



A SPECIMEN of Wilson's Petrel was found alive by the 

 keeper's children at Inner Jura, on the western side of the 

 Island, on the 1st of October last. The bird had become 

 entangled in a net used to keep poultry out of a kitchen 

 garden, and was brought to me in a perfectly fresh condition. 

 Fortunately I was there at the time or it would have been 

 lost. There is no doubt as to the species ; the colour of the 

 wings, the length of the tarsus (one and a half inches), and 

 the yellow patches on the webs of the feet, make the identity 

 of the bird certain. The net in which the Petrel was cap- 

 tured is about fifty yards from the sea. Unfortunately the 

 sex of the specimen was not noted, for I did not examine 

 the bird carefully until after it had been skinned by the 

 keeper. The weather was fine at the time of its capture, 

 but there can be little doubt its appearance is to be associated 

 with the heavy gale of the 26th of September. 



Jura Forest, 26th November 1891. 



[In the North Atlantic this bird is very common on the 

 American side ; but appears to be a more or less irregular 

 visitor to the shores of Europe. Although it has been noted 

 on several occasions for England, and once, at least, for 

 Ireland, yet this is the first known instance of the occurrence 

 of Wilson's Petrel in Scotland. — W. E. C] 



FRESHWATER FISHES OF THE SOLWAY AREA. 



By Robert Service. 



I HAVE been prompted to prepare the following outline 

 Catalogue of the Freshwater Fishes of the Solway Area by 

 a remark made in the course of a most interesting paper on 



