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APPENDIX. 



OWING to the length of time which the present edition has necessarily taken in 

 passing through the press, I find it necessary, in order to bring the information as 

 nearly up to date as possible, to add the following records of abnormal migrants to the 

 species named below : 



Page 74 Baillon's Crake (Grex bailloni) : Add one, Renfrewshire, May, 

 1893 ; one near Thurso, September, 1898. 



,, 92 Crane (Grus cincrea) : Has been obtained in Ireland as recently as 

 1896. 



95 Demoiselle Crane (Grus virgo) : Add one, Norfolk Coast, July, 

 1899 (? an escaped bird). 



,, 103 Little Bustard (Otis tctrax) : Ireland can now claim six examples. 



117 Common Pratincole (Glarcola pratincola) : Add a second Scotch 

 example, Eocksands, Montrose, November, 1899. 



154 American Golden Plover (Charadrius dominions) : Add one, Co. 

 Mayo, September, 1894. 



165 Sociable Lapwing (Vanellus gregarius) : Add one (5), Co. Meath, 

 August, 1899. 



210 Bartram's Sandpiper (Bartramia longicanda) : Add one Irish 

 specimen, Co. Cork, September, 1894. 



,, 277 Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Tritu/itcs rufescens) : Add one (6"), 

 Norfolk, September, 1899. 



,, 315 Greater Snow Goose (Chen nivalis): Now a British species, of 

 which an account is given on the two following pages 

 (pp. 455, 456). 



,, 398 Tufted Duck (Fuligula cristata) : Add to British breeding area, 

 South-west Derbyshire. 



