NOTES. 199 



though I could neither see the nests nor get at them. I used 

 to spend a good deal of time there, and as I lay on the cliff 

 the birds continually flew round me, frequently coming within 

 twelve to fifteen feet. 



When flying the neck is, as it were, " telescoped " — the head 

 is drawn in close to the body, so that they appear to have 

 scarcely any neck at all ; and it was this peculiarity that first 

 drew my attention, for I had not expected to see them, and 

 thought at first they were gulls. Thos. Ground. 



[Mr. E. B. Dunlop records {A7m. Scot. Nat. Hist., 1911, 

 p. 246) that the Fulmars { Fulmar us glacialis) breeding on Hoy 

 between the Kame and the Old Man of Ho}^ this year (1911), 

 number hundreds of pairs ; that they have increased 

 enormously on the west coast of Hoy ; and that three pairs 

 bred for the first time this year at the south end of the island. 

 Mr. Dunlop was informed by the fishermen that the Fulmars 

 drove the gulls away from food, which both desired. ]Mr. 

 Dunlop is wrong in supposing that they bred for the first time 

 in Hoy "five or six years ago." They have been known to 

 breed there since 1891, and over fifty nests were recorded for 

 Hoy Head in 1902 (c/. Vol. II., p. 374), while Mr. T. Ground's 

 evidence (above) goes back to 1896. In the Scotsman for 

 July 22nd, 1911, it is stated by "M.S." that six or eight 

 pairs of Fulmars were nesting on the Deerness cliffs (east side 

 of mainland, Orkney), and also on Copinsay. With regard 

 to Shetland, I think Mr. Ground's record for Sandness is new, 

 but they have been known to breed near by in Papa Stour 

 since 1891 [cf. Fauna of Shetland Islands, p. 211). They 

 have been recorded as breeding in the Shetland Grou^^ from 

 Foula, Horn of Papa Stour, Calcler's Geo in Eshaness, Noup 

 of Noss, Unst, Whalsay, Yell and Fitful Head. 



The following records from the "Report on Scottish 

 Ornithology for 1910" {Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist., 1911) may 

 be mentioned. Increasing at Barrahead and Cape Wrath 

 (p. 142). Possible nesting of several pairs on the Shiant 

 Islands (0. Hebrides) in June (p. 144). Nesting North 

 Rona (p. 144).— H.F.W.] 



SCOTTISH ORNITHOLOGY FOR 1910. 



This Report, drawn up as last year by the Misses Rintoul and 

 Baxter, covers a number of pages {An7i. Scot. Nat. Hist., 1911, 

 pp. 133-149 and 194-210), and contains a large number of 

 valuable records and observations. These " Reports " have 

 previously ah\"a3^s been arranged under species headings, 



