112 BRITISH BIRDS. 



Black-throated Diver (C. arcticus). — One shot on Norton 

 Pool, December 7th, 1902, by Mr. G. H. Clarke ; the second 

 record for the county. Also one on March 5th, 1881, at 

 Breedon Cross, and one shot on Lifford Reservoir (no date), 

 both in Worcestershire. Not recorded for the latter county 

 by Mr. Tomes. 



Slavonian Grebe (Podicipes auritus). — Two shot "about 

 eight years ago " on Norton Pool by Mr. G. H. Clarke. Said 

 to be a regular visitor on migration to Earlswood and Barnt 

 Green (Warwick and Worcester) ; only one recent record for 

 Staffordshire. 



Black-necked Grebe (P. nigricollis). — An immature bird 

 shot on September 20th, 1907, by Mr. G. H. Clarke at Norton 

 Pool ; two seen and one shot, September 28th, 1908 ; the 

 latter was striped with white on the upper parts. Another 

 shot at the same place on September 30th, 1909, and a fifth 

 seen on October 21st, 1909. This species is new to the Stafford- 

 shire list. Mr, Coburn also states that he saw two birds at 

 Earlswood (Warwick) on September 26th, 1908, evidently 

 the same as those recorded above. 



Manx Shearwater {Puffinus anglorum) and Fork-tailed 

 Petrel {Oceanodroma leucorrhoa) are said to occur frequently 

 at Norton Pool and also in Warwickshire, and the Storm- 

 Petrel {Procellaria pelagica) has often been obtained near 

 Birmingham (Warwick). 



In conclusion, we note that Mr. Masefield regards ten species 

 as new to the Staffordshire ornis ; but the evidence with 

 regard to the Lesser WTiite-fronted Goose and the Sandwich 

 Tern we should regard as necessitating square brackets. The 

 Spotted Redshank was seen by Mr. Coburn in Worcester and 

 Warwick, but not in Staffordshire at all, and the locality 

 given for the Razorbill is also in Warwickshire. The natural 

 boundaries of our faunal areas are, of course, water-partings, 

 and the limits of our counties are purely artificial, but to 

 prevent duplication of records it is desirable that these limits 

 should be respected, and if records from outside are admitted 

 to a county-fauna the fact that the bird has been observed 

 or obtained beyond the border cannot be too clearly pointed 

 out. The only exception is perhaps in the case of a river- 

 boundary, where the record can be claimed with equal right 

 by both counties. 



