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The Puffin* {Fratercula arciicu). Decrease, Sale SkeiTV (Orl<ney), 

 August 7tli ; all gone, Whalsay Skerries, by the 20tb, Noup Head 

 (Orkney) and Fair Isle (Shetland) by the 28th ; last seen, Sule 

 Skerry, September 11th; one seen, Haniniersmitb (Thames), 

 October 4th ; one found dead, Scarborougli (Yorkshire), 6th ; one 

 picked up alive. Ascot (Berks), November 1st ; large numbers 

 seen, Bell Rock (Tay), 10th ; single birds seen, Lerwick (Sliet- 

 land), 20th, Fair Isle and N.E. Lincoln ccjast, 24th ; one caught, 

 New Forest (Hants), 24th. 



The Great Northkrx Diver (Colpnbus glacialis). First arrival, 

 Gigha (Argyll), August 18th ; one arrived. Fair Isle (Shetland), 

 October 19th ; one. Edenmorith, 2;3rd ; thirteen, Inchkeith (Forth), 

 November 10th, increase, 15th; one, Cromarty Firth, 10th ; one, 

 Sutton Coldlield (Warwick), 26th to December 2nd; some, Tiree 

 (Argyll), November 22nd; several, Poole (Dorset), 27tli ; one, 

 Eostherne (Cheshire), December lOlh to end of year. 



The Black-throated Diver (Colpnbus arcticus). One sliot, Culler- 

 coats (Northumberland), October 21st, two seen, 20th. 



The Red-tiiuoated Diver {Colyntbus septentrionalis). Two arrived, 

 N. Berwick, August 26tb ; four seen, Scarborough (Yorkshire), 

 October 2oth ; two seen, Cullercoats (Northumberland), November 

 20th to 25th. 



The Great Crested Grebe (Podicipes cristatus). Six seen, Hemsworth 

 Dam (Yorkshire), where they breed, September 24th, remained 

 till end of year; eleven to thirteen, Balgray Dam (Clyde), August 

 13th; few, Ilopetoun shore, October 1st; sing-le birds od" St. 

 Andrews, October 13th, and Largo Bay, 18th; one setn, Sutton 

 Coldtield (Warwick), Novemb r 26th to 28th; one, Aberlady 

 (Haddington), December 12th : three or four, St. Andrews, 

 December 19th. 



The Red-necked Grebe (Podicipes (jrisciyena). One, adult, Scai^ 

 borough (Yorkshire), September 21st. 



The Black-necked Grebe i^Pudicipes nifjricollis). One caught. Stoke 

 (Worcester), October 9tb ; one killed, Barnsness Lt. (Hadding- 

 ton), October 2Uh. 



The Slavonian Grebe {Podicipes aiiritiis). One, St. Kilda, October 

 10th; one. Fair Isle (Shetlandj, November 22nd. 



The Little Gkebe {Podicipes Jhtvlatilis). First seen on estuary, S. 

 Devon, October 28th ; one arrived, Ronaldsay, November oth ; 

 one killed, Owers Light-vessel (Sussex), November 23rd/24th. 



The Great Shearwater {Puffinns grains). Many seen at sea between 

 Falmouth and Plymouth (Cornwall), September 1st, none 

 previously ; large numbers. Bay of Biscay, September 0th to 24th ; 

 moderatd numbers, English Channel (West) to withiii ."iO miles 

 of Portland, September 2oth ; numerous between St. Kilda and 



