ADDITIONS SINCE 1899. 821 



collection (T. H. Nelson, Birds of Yorks., Vol. I., p. 356). A 

 young female, said to be of this species was shot in December, 

 1900, near Lincoln (J. C. Walker, Nat.. 1901, p. 42). 



Scotland. — An immature bird, obtained near Carbost, 

 Skye, was sent for preservation to Messrs. Mackay, of Inver- 

 ness, on February 15th, 1900 (T. E. Buckley, Ann. S.N.H., 

 1900, p. 184) ; another was obtained on Eye Peninsula, 

 Lewis, on February 28th, 1906 (J. A. Harvie-Brown, t.c, 

 1906, p. 185). 



Ireland. — An immature female was obtained, and another 

 bird was seen, at Oughterard, co. Galway (no date mentioned) 



(E. Wilhams, Irish N., 1905, p. 202). 



GYR-FALCON Falco gijrfalco L. S. page 345. 



Essex. — A female was trapped at Hatfield Broad Oak in 

 December, 1901 (Harting's Hndhk., 2nd ed., p. 319). In the 

 opinion of some authorities this bird is a dark variety of a 

 female Peregrine {F. peregrinus) {cf. Bull. B.O.C., XI., p. 65). 



Norfolk. — An immature bird, which had been assigned 

 to this species, was killed on Thetford Warren in the spring 

 of 1883 (W. G. Clarke, Zool, 1903, p. 103). 



HOBBY Falco subbuteo L. S. page 349. 



In addition to the counties mentioned in the " Manual," 

 it breeds regularly in Shropshire (H. E. Forrest in litt.), and 

 it has also nested of recent years in Kejit (N.F.T.) and 

 Rutland (R. Haines, Birds of Rutland, p. 104). 



MERLIN Falco cesalon Tunstall. S. page 351. 



[Four eggs, said to be of this bird (but no evidence is given), 

 were found on May 25th, 1907, in a depression in the ground 

 on Exmoor (J. Turner, Field, 13, vn., 1907).] 



RED-FOOTED FALCON Falco vespertinus. S. page 353. 



An immature female was shot near Shrewsbury on May 

 18th, 1901 (H. E. Forrest, Zool, 1091, p. 224). An adult 

 male was shot at Acle, Norfolk, at the end of April, 1901 (J. 

 H. Gurney, t.c, 1902, p. 88). One has been obtained in 

 Cheshire in May, 1873, a record not noticed in the " Manual " 

 (Coward and Oldham, Birds of Cheshire, p. 139). An im- 

 mature male was shot in October, 1901, at Bradwell-on-the- 

 Sea, Essex (J. H. Gurney, Zool, 1901, p. 426). 



