185 



Tiik Arctic Tern (Sterna macrura). Many passing, S.E. Suffolk 

 coast, April 28th to 30th ; three seen, Llandudno (Carnarvon) 

 20th ; large numbers living N., Dungeness (Kent), during week 

 ending May 18th. 



The Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus). Increase, near Cam- 

 bridge, February 19th and 25th, and Otterburn (Northumber- 

 land), March 26th ; thirty seen, Oswestry (Shropshire), April 6th, 

 and five on 16th. 



The Herring-Gull (Larus argentatus). Parties flying N., Shrewsbury 

 (Shropshire), May loth. 



Tue Iceland Gull (Larus leucopterus). One seen, Minehead 

 (Somerset), April 13th and 14th. 



The Common Guillemot (Uria troile). Seen in numbers for the first 

 time, South Stack (Anglesey), February 9th ; one caught, 

 Thornton-le-Dale (Yorkshire), April 9th. 



The Puffin (Fratercula arctica). First seen, Tresco (Scilly Isles), 

 March 24th, increase on 27th, all left again on April 6th. 



The Little Auk (Mergulus atte). Two seen, Outer Dowsing Lt.-v. 

 (Lincoln), January 20th ; single birds picked up on Northumber- 

 land coast on the 21st, 29th, and February 17th. 



The Great Northern Diver (Colymhus glacialis). Three seen, 

 Sidmouth (Devon), April 16th and 17th, and one on 19th. 



The Great Chested Grebe (Podicipes cristatus). One arrived, Sutton 

 Coldfield (Warwick), February 9th, and a second on 16th ; a pair 

 seen, Colwyn Bay (Denbigh), May 17th. 



The Red-necked Grebe (Podicipes griseigena). Adult seen, Tring 

 (Herts), March 16th. 



The Eared Grebe (Podicipes niyricollis). One seen, Hickling (Norfolk), 

 April 14th and 15th. 



The Manx Shearwater (Puffinus anglorum). A few seen, Scilly 

 Isles, March 21st, and numbers on 27th ; two, Bardsey Lt. 

 (Carnarvon), March 29/30th and April 29th/30th, and single 

 birds, Oth/lOth and 24th/25th. 



