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nortli of Ireland arc probably not infrequent (cf. Brit. B.. 

 VII., p. 196j. Professor C. J. Patten records (Iri-sfi Nat., 

 1915. p. 79) the presence of two examples (probably young 

 birds) off Inishtrahull on Sept. 8th, 1913. 



Fork-tailed Petrel in Worcestershire. — Mr. T. Ground 

 records (Zool., 1915, p. 115) that an example of Oceanodroma 

 levcorhon was picked up dead near Evesham on September 

 19th, 1914. Mr. Ground suggests that this may possibly 

 have been the same bird recorded by Mr. Forrest (Brit. B., 

 VIII., p. 198) near Shrewsbury on the 18th. 



Increase of Fulmar Petrel in Co. Kerry. — Mr. R. M. 

 Barrington, who announced the breeding of twelve pairs of 

 Fulmar us y. glacialis at the Great Skellig in 1913 {antea, 

 Vol. VII., p. 56), now states {Irish Nat., 1915. p. 91) that 

 there were some seventy birds at this place in 1914. 



