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of only 1000 feet does not give such a good chance as one 

 of 6000 feet high. So far as I am aware, no naturalist 

 has visited the Togian Islands since I was there in 1871 ; but 

 these islands ought to be revisited, for I am sure that many 

 interesting discoveries may still be made on that tropical 

 island-group. Besides the new birds, procured in a few days, 

 and described by Lord. Walden as Loriculus quadricolor, 

 Criniger aureus, and Carpophaga pulcheUa, a Sauropatis 

 brought by me from Togian is considered by Dr. Sharpe as 

 new, as he has lately informed me ; and as I only got examples 

 of 58 species altogether in this locality, there can be no 

 doubt that many more, and even new ones, still remain to 

 be discovered. I do not speak of novelties amongst other 

 classes of animals, which would certainly be numerous. 



Yours &c., 



A. B. Meyer. 



Croft House, Holywood, Co. Down, 

 26th October, 189]. 



Sir, — I suppose we may thank the gales of the last few 

 weeks, commencing with that of the 26th September, for 

 several uncommon bird-visitors to the North of Ireland. 



A Wilson's Petrel {Oceanites oceanicus) was found at 

 Seymour Hill, near Dunmurry, Co. Antrim, on or about 1st 

 October. I examined it in the flesh on the 3rd October. 

 Thompson's (I believe the only previous) record of this bird 

 in Ireland is open to question ; but the species may now, 

 without the slightest hesitation, be added to the Irish list. 



Within three weeks of the gale of the 26tli September I 

 heard of or saw ten Fork-tailed Petrels [Procellaria leucor- 

 rhua) and one Storm-Petrel [Procellaria pelaglcu) . They 

 occurred in the counties of Derry, Antrim, and Armagh. 



Within the last two weeks I have seen two Grey Phalaropes 

 [Phalaropus fulicarius) , one shot near Toome and one on 

 Lough Neagh, and I have heard of two others, one shot and 

 the other caught alive near Green Castle, Co. Donegal. 



Two Black Terns {Hydrochelidon nigra) were shot last 



