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through nine inches to a foot of water. The nest in question 

 was fresh-built, and very little larger in total diameter than the 

 usual type, but as will be seen in the photograph, it had two 



" cups," and was undoubtedly occupied by two birds, the 

 clutch of three eggs being A\arni, Avhile the single egg was in 

 the act of hatching at the time the i:)hotograph Avas taken. 



C. L. COLLENETTE. 



ARCTIC SKUA IN CARNARVONSHIRE. 



On referring to the Vertebrate Fauna of North Wales, I find 

 that the Arctic Skua {Stercorarius parasiticus) has at no time 

 been recorded from the north coast of Carnarvonshire, so that 

 it is doubtless well worth lecording the occurrence of an 

 example which I saAv in the ConAA^ay estuary on May 11th, 

 1912. Throughout the Avhole time that I Avatched the bird 

 it chose to follow and harry the Lesser Terns in preference to 

 the Herring-Gulls. Richard W. Jones. 



