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that date, feeding on a dead shark at the pier of Holm by one 

 Flett, who got a man named John Woodridge to shoot it for 

 him. It was first set up by the late John Begg, of Stromness, 

 and later by Cullingford, of Durham. This makes the fifth 

 record for Orkney. H. W. Robinson. 



[The Ivory-Gull is stated to have occurred four times in 

 the Orkneys by Gray {Birds of West Scotland), and this is 

 probably the origin of Howard Saunders's statement, but 

 at least three additional records of birds shot, besides two 

 seen, are mentioned by Buckley and Harvie-Brown {Fauna 

 of Orkney Islands). — Eds.] 



LITTLE AUK IN CORNWALL. 



On January 29th, 1915, I saw a Little Auk {Alle alle) at 

 Penzance. It was stranded on the beach a few yards from 

 the water's edge, and I could, I believe, have touched it 

 as the bird could only move a few inches at a time. Stupidly 

 enough, I did not think of trying to ring it, but only 

 approached to within a few feet. This caused it to try 

 and reach the water, which it with great difficulty succeeded 

 in doing, and then swam away. I believe it to be rather 

 rare to see these birds on the south-west coast. 



Maud Montagu Bruce. 



Carrion-Crow in Co. Wexford. — ^Mr. W. J. Williams 

 records {Irish Nat., 1915, p. 91) that he saw a Corvus corone 

 and heard its unmistakeable note at the North Slob, 

 CO. Wexford, on February 15th, 1915. 



Rose-coloured Starling in Bedfordshire. — Mr. J. 

 Steele Elliott states {Zool., 1915, p. 118) that he has recently 

 examined an adult male Pastor roseus which was picked up 

 dead near Thurleigh in October, 1913. 



Pied Flycatcher off Wexford. — An example of Musci- 

 capa h. hypolenca is recorded by Professor C. J. Patten 

 (Irish Nat., 1915, p. 64) as having struck the Tuskar Light- 

 house on August 16th, 1914. There are only some twelve 

 previous occurrences for Ireland. 



Montagu's Harrier in Co. Dublin. — A young male Circus 

 pygargus is stated by the Hon. C. Baring {Irish Nat., 1915, 

 p. 70) to have " met death by misadventure in August 1909 "' 

 on Lambay Island, co. Dublin. 



Common Eider in Donegal. — Although rarely notifietl, 

 occasional visits of Eiders {Somateria m. mollissima) to the 



