NOTES. 311 



Th3 bird passed me quite close, and, in the strong north-easterly 

 wind which was raging at the time, appeared to be uncertain 

 whether to continue its course round the Great Orme's Head 

 or to fly over the isthmus on which the town of Llandudno 

 stands. I have neither heard nor seen it reported that other 

 examples were seen in Carnarvonshire." (R. W. Jones.) 



Staffordshire. — ^Mr. G. H. Storer writes that one was 

 caught alive at Burton-on-Trent, killed, and brought to 

 Mr. C. Hanson, junr., on February 3rd. 



Nottinghamshire. — Two were picked up near Mansfield. 

 (J. Whitaker, Field, 24.11.1912, p. 400.) 



Warwickshire. — " One was sent to Messrs. Spicer and 

 Son, of Birmingham, on February 14th, for preservation. It 

 was obtained near Nuneaton, and had probably been dead a 

 week when I saw it on the date mentioned." (B. Starley.) 



Worcestershire. — Two were caught near Evesham in the 

 first week of February, one of which has been presented to 

 the Worcester Museum. (N. G. Hadden.) 



Buckinghamshire. — One was found, unable to fly, on the 

 Chilterns at Ivinghoe on Februarv 4th. (P. W. Horn, Zool., 

 1912, p. 109.) 



Sussex. — Two Little Auks were taken at sea off Eastbourne 

 during the hard weather. One was caught in a fishing net. 

 (E. C. Arnold.) 



Ireland. — ^Two were found alive in co. Dublin, one at 

 Portmarnock, and one at Rathfarnham, during the first week 

 of February. (A. R. Nichols, Irish Nat, 1912, p. 63.) 

 One at Lough Belvidere, Mullingar, on January 23rd ; 

 twenty seen (one shot) on a flooded field in co. Wicklow 

 on February 2nd ; two picked up dead near Graigue, co. 

 Carlow. (W.J.Williams.) 



GREAT NORTHERN DIVER IN STAFFORDSHIRE. 



On December 29th, 1911, I saw what I feel certain, by its 

 very large size, was a Great Northern Diver {Colymhus glacialis) 

 on Bellfield Reservoir; on January 2nd, 1912, there were 

 two. I did not go there again until the 15th, when both 

 were still there. F. A. Monckton. 



FORK-TAILED PETRELS IN WORCESTERSHIRE. 



On February 4th, 1912, I saw a Fork -tailed Petrel {Procellaria 

 leucorrhoa) at Malvern, flying strongly in a southerly direction 

 about fifteen feet from the ground. On the previous day 

 another specimen was picked up in Worcester and brought 

 to the Museum. Norman G. Hadden. 



