136 BRITISH BIRDS. [vol. ix. 



colony of the SandA\-ich Tern, and being sIioaaii A\hat 

 looked like strong evidence (as recorded in the October 

 number of this journal) of the nesting of the Black-necked 

 Grebe in Ireland. He might A\-ell call tliis a " record " 

 circuit. 



Most of his zoological Avi-itings— except the volume on 

 " Migi-ation " — are short notes, and most of the later 

 ones are records of lighthouse occurrences of rare birds. 

 They afford no measure of the magnitude of the loss 

 sustained to natural history by his death, which is 

 nothing less than a disaster to the cause of science in 

 Ireland. 



C. B. ]MOFFAT. 



