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very good condition, being fat and in splendid plumage. 

 Its stomach contained, amongst other things, large quanti- 

 ties of wasps and wasp-grubs, also some bees and a few 

 caterpillars. W. C. Wright. 



THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE FULMAR PETREL. 



In our last volume a number of interesting notes were pub- 

 lished relating to the extraordinary extension of the breeding- 

 range of the Fulmar {Fulmarus g. glacialis) in recent years. 

 Mr J. A. Harvie-BroA\Ti has just contributed a valuable paper 

 on the subject {Scot. Nat., 1912, pp. 97-102 and 121-32 and 

 map) in which he traces in detail the extension of its breeding- 

 range. Mr. Harvie-Bro\Mi draws attention to two important 

 facts : (1) the Fulmar established itself in the Faeroes as 

 comparatively recently as about 1839 ; (2) the St. Kilda 

 colony dates back at least two hundred and fifty years. 



The following is a list of the places and first dates at which 

 nesting was observed, extracted from Mr. Harvie-Brown's 

 paper : — 



Shetlands. 



1878 (or previous) Foula. 



1891 Horn of Papa off Papa Stour. 



1896 (or 1895) Calder's Geo, Eshaness (Mainland). 



1897 Hermaness (Unst). 



1897 Ramna Stacks (north Mainland). 



1898 Noup of Noss near Lerwick. 



1900 Fitful Head, south of Mainland. 



1901 Noup o' Norby, Sandness. 



1902 Uvea Cliffs and other points north-west Mainland. 



1906 Whalsey and Yell. 



1908 Bressay and possibly Hascosay. 



Fair Isle. 



1903 (or previous). 



Orkneys. 



1900 (or previous) Hoy Head. 



1901 Westray. 



1907 Between Stromness and Bav of Skaill. 



1910 Mark wick Head. 



1911 Deerness and Copinshay. 



Mainland. 



1897 Clomore Cliffs (Cape Wrath) (Sutherland). 

 1900 Dunnet Head (north Caithness). 

 1911 Berriedale Head (east Caithness). 



