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Avas the Canaries, where it has been several times iden- 

 tified, and may possibly breed there. 



One washed up dead on the sands after a storm, Walney 

 Island, Morecambe Bay, Nov. 1890: Macpherson, Ibis, 

 1891, p. 602 ; and " Fauna of Lakeland," p. 457, with a 

 coloured plate. 



One, Island of Colonsay, Scotland, Jan. 1, 1897 : Eagle 

 Clarke, Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist, 1897, p. 88, and Knoiv- 

 ledge, March 1897. Preserved in the Museum of 

 Science and Art, Edinburgh. 



Obs. In reporting the acquisition of this speci- 

 men, which proved to be immature, Mr. Eagle 

 Clarke observed that the weather immediately pre- 

 ceding this bird's visit to the west coast of Scotland 

 was characterised by the prevalence of severe gales 

 from the south-west. 



