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foreheads and scapulars and speckled backs, while the red- 

 brown gorget of the female was very faint, in fact only 

 just discernible. 



I am unable to compare the sites of the Irish and Scotch 

 colonies of the Red-necked Phalaropes, as this is the only 

 colony it has been my good fortune to have visited. 



[The discovery of this nesting place constituted a great 

 south-western extension of the previously known breeding 

 range of the Red-necked Phalaroj)e, consequently it is of 

 great importance to chronicle the facts regarding its 

 progress. It is equally of great importance, scientifically, 

 that the progress of the colon}^ should not be interfered 

 with, and we are very sorry to have to say that many who 

 consider themselves good ornithologists do not appreciate 

 this fact. More knowledge of the wider aspects of our 

 science may some day deter those, who — let us be charitable 

 and say — in ignorance, have that utterly unscientific 

 mania for British-taken eggs of rare breeding species. 

 The continual harrying of Great Skuas, Kites, and many 

 other birds — even the Ruff — are a disgrace, and every 

 ornithologist who has his science at heart must feel it 

 keenly when those who profess to be of his brotherhood 

 deliberately do an unnecessary damage to his science. — 

 Eds.] 



