736 APPENDIX. 



Red-breasted Snipe (p. 561). 



A young bird labelled 'Largo, Fife, 1867 ' was purchased at 

 the sale of the late Sir W. Jardine's collection by the 

 Rev. H. A. Macpherson, who presented it to the Edin- 

 burgh jNIuseum. 



Curlew-Sandpiper (p. 577). 



As regards the occurrence of this species in the south of 

 Ireland, Mr. Ussher informs me that he is not aware of 

 a single instance in co. Waterford, nor did Dr. Birkett 

 notice it there during his experience of fifty years. 



Common Tern (p. 631). 



Mr. Harvie-Brown informs me that on Haskeir off Canna, 

 where he saw only Arctic Terns in 1879, he found the 

 Common Tern predominating in i88g; and I have 

 received independent evidence on this point from Mr. 

 Henry Evans. 



Arctic Tern (p. 633). 



Mr. Ussher states that this species breeds on the Keragh 

 Islands off co. Wexford, Puffin Island off Kerry, and on 

 some islands in Bantry Bay. Mr. A. H. Evans writes 

 to me that he has watched this Tern diving completely 

 under water. 



Common Gull (p. 655). 



Mr. H. M. Wallis has recently found this species 

 nesting in various parts of Donegal, and Mr. R. M. 

 Barrington has discovered a small colony on one of the 

 Blasquets, off Kerry. 



Lesser Black-backed Gull (p. 659). 



Mr. Ussher mentions the Saltees, High Island near Castle 

 Townsend,and Puffin Island off Kerry as breeding-haunts. 



POMATORHINE SkUA (p. 673). 



Although there is no published record of the nesting of this 

 species on Novaya Zemlya, yet Col. H. W. Feilden 

 informs me that Capt. A. H. Markham, R.N., men- 

 tioned it in his journal as breeding commonly, and on 

 July 5th 1879 he took an egg on Berg Island, which 

 has been sent for my inspection ; it is a very long speci- 

 men and measures 2*6 by 17 in. 



