1. THE GANNET 



Page 337 line 12, after extended add Jolin. 



,, 344 ,, 26, Mr. Drane mentions an egg not much larger than a 

 Wood-Pigeon's. 



,, 360 ,, 12, after now add [7 days old]. 



,, 372 ,, 15, Mr. Seton Gordon states that he has seen young Gannets 

 dive repeatedly during their first swim (" Glasgow 

 Herald," 14. xii. 12), but this does not seem to have 

 been observed by others. Numbers of yomig Gannets 

 floating in helpless fashion on the water were passed 

 by Mr. W. E. Clarke when leaving St. Kilda in 

 October, 1910, and again on October 12th, 1911 

 (" Studies in Bird Migration," II., p. 222), but no 

 mention is made by Mr. Clarke of any diving. 



,, 374 „ 3, Blr. Thomson of the Ailsa hghthouse stated that if 

 there happened to be a gale in September, numbers 

 of young Gannets were sure to be blown round to 

 the side of the Craig which lies furthest from the 

 breeding cliffs. 

 374 „ 20, for he read the. 



386 ,, Gannets eating entrails and fisli-refuse throwii from a 



steamer ("Studies in Bird Migration" II., p. 224). 



391 „ 14, We know from John Evelyn's Diary (Feb. 9th, 1665) 

 that Gannets were sometimes kept in St. James's Park. 



393 ,, 6, omit four distinct kinds. 



394 ,, 11, for probably read as was thought in Martin's time, and 

 by Mackenzie ("An. Scott. N. H.," 1905, p. 144). 



399 „ 7, for other read most. 

 8, omit with the coracoids. 



400 „ 29, after 284 add " Field," October 18th, 1890, and July 1st, 

 1911. 



401 ,, 19, An instance of a Gannet carryhig a fish is given in " The 

 Scottish Naturalist," 1912, p. 164. 



428 ,, 23, add From what I have seen of Italian " Roccoli," I am 

 prepared to believe that these artfully constructed 

 decoys destroy as many birds as this in a year. 



430 ,, 2 and 3. 398 is probably too high, Mr. Nicholson, who has 

 worked the sum out, makes it only 370, and 

 another friend 373. According to Darwin, it would 

 be possible for eight pairs of Robins under the most 

 favoured circumstances to produce 2,032 descendants 

 in seven years ("Foundations of The Origin of 

 Species " edited by Francis Darwin, p. 89). 



430 „ 25, after 78) add The take in 1911 is stated by Mr. Eagle 

 Clarke to have been over 9,000. 



435 „ 21, Bufton mentions one so killed near Montreuil in Decem- 

 ber, 1777. 



