228 BRITISH BIRDS. 



say that this is hardly the case. It occurs in Orkney every 

 winter, sometimes in considerable numbers, but usually 

 in the first or second plumages. H. W. Robinson. 



[As mentioned in Vol. II., p. 329, winter occurrences of this 

 species are too frequent to require special note, and its in- 

 clusion in the list above referred to was unnecessary. — Eds.] 



MANX SHEARWATERS IN CUMBERLAND. 



With reference to Miss Garnett's note under this heading 

 in the last number (p. 197), I think that a fair number of 

 Manx Shearwaters are washed up on the Cumberland shore. 

 Mr. Smalley picked up the remains of one in my company 

 on Juty 14th, 1911, near Seascale, and upon the few occasions 

 I have traversed the small section of shore between Seascale 

 and Ravenglass during the last few years, I have found 

 four others, one of which when picked up was still alive. 



There seems to be a regular migration do^^Ti the Irish Sea 

 during August, as pointed out by Mr. H. B. Booth in the 

 Zoologist (1908, p. 429), and mentioned in your pages (Vol.. 

 III., p. 218). It is also stated by two other correspondents 

 that they observed small migrating parties in July and early 

 August respectively, but that seen by Mr. Booth at the end 

 of August Avas a very large movement. H. W. Robinson. 

 ^ [There is no doubt a very considerable southward movement 

 down both coasts of Great Britain in August and September, 

 but the observations recorded are too discontinuous to enable 

 any definite conclusions to be drawn from them. It should 

 be noted also that the bird is comparatively quite rare in 

 British waters in winter. — Eds.] 



FULMARS IN ORKNEY. 



Concerning the note on Fulmars {Fulmarus glaciaUs) in 

 Orkney and Shetland (supra, pp. 198-9), it may be interesting 

 to note that even previous to 1891, when the}^ were discovered 

 nesting on Hoy Head, Fulmars used to pass the southern 

 end of Orkney on migration northwards in considerable 

 numbers from mid-February until early March, and this 

 northward movement is still to be observed apart from the 

 birds which stay to nest. As early as February 25th in 

 1905, numbers had already arrived on Hoy Head, and on 

 March 5th in 1904 I saw scores of them on the Black Craig 

 on the mainland near Stromness, and it is quite possible that 

 some nest there also. H. W. Robinson. 



