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be a Sclavonian Grebe hooked fast by the tongue. The bird had 
evidently taken the fly for a natural one, much in the same manner 
as a fish does. The only occurrence, so far as I know, of the 
Great Crested Grebe (P. cristatus) was in 1884, when a fine male 
bird was shot near Cargo by my brother on the 4th of March. 
With this, my notes must end for the present. The Great Skua, 
Roseate Tern, Red-breasted Snipe, Temminck’s Stint, Little Auk, 
and other rare stragglers have been recorded from these marshes 
at one time or another, but I cannot add to the particulars already 
supplied in the “Birds of Cumberland.” The intention with which 
I set out has already been fulfilled, if the personal observations 
laid before you have enabled you to understand with some clear- 
ness the bird-life that characterises Burgh and Rockliffe Marshes. 
Acknowledgments for assistance received are due to various friends, 
especially to Mr. Smith and Mr. D. Mason of Rockliffe. Mr. G. 
Dawson has furnished much valuable information, and I have 
availed myself, freely, of reference to Macgillivray’s “ British Birds.” 
Note.—This MS. has been revised for the press by Rey. H. A. Macpherson, 
who concurs generally in the conclusions arrived at. 
