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Little Grebe. 



Black-throated Diver. Scotland only. (36) Two eggs with skins of 



parents from North Uist ten years ago (H. W. Fielden, "Zool.," 



1867, p. 710). 

 Red-throated Diver. Add XIII. 27. Arran (" Saunders' Yarrell"). 



Probably in 29 also. And in Ireland (Donegal). 



[Great Northern Diver, obs. For " does not breed in Shetland" read 

 " has not been proved to breed in Shetland."] 



Common Guillemot. 



[Briinnich's Guillemot, obs. See also Thompson, " Birds of Ireland."] 



Black Guillemot. A few at Ormeshead (Pennant, "Wales," iii. p. 149). 



Gare-fowl, or Great Auk. Cf. "The Gare-fowl and its historians." 

 "Nat. Hist. Review," N.S., vol. v., 1865. 



Common Puffin. For " formerly," read " in his time." 



Razor-bill. Formerly in (in. 7), on the authority of Montagu, under 

 "Puffin." 



Common Cormorant. 



Shag. For " wanting on the south and east coasts of England," read 

 wanting on the eastern half of the south and on the east coast of 

 England." And see "Zool.," 1865^.9674. 



Gannet. On Islands. Add VI. 17. On Grassholm, off Pembroke 

 (H. Saunders, and in Mr. Tracy's list). Its breeding-stations are 

 (i) Lundy Island; (2) Grassholm; (3) Ailsa Craig; (4) St. Kilda 

 and neighbouring islands ; (5) Suliskerry, 40 miles to the west of 

 Hoy in Orkney ; (6) North Barra or Suliskeir, 10 miles west of 

 Rona, 40 miles north of the Butt of Lewis ; (7) the Bass Rock. 



Sandwich Tern. (25) Walney Island (J. E. Harting, in "Zool.," 1864. 

 Roseate Tern. (25) Found associated with other Terns breeding on 



Walney Island, Lancashire, in May, 1864 (J. E. Harting, "Zool.," 



1864). 



There are no " islands in the Solway Firth." (" Birds of 



Cumberland," p. 165). 



Common Tern. Fresh and salt water. 



Arctic Tern. Coast, and inland at Lough Carra, Mayo (A. G. M.). 



Little Tern. Add VI. 16, and Subprov. 4. Mr. Harting has received 

 eggs from the beach between Weymouth and Abbotsbury, and from 

 Glamorganshire. Coast only. 



Black Tern. Not in Scotland. Fresh-water marshes only. 



Black-headed Gull. Add II. 4. Near Poole, Dorset ("Zool.," 1877, 

 384 and 385). Breeds on fresh-water marshes, inland. On the 

 coast in Kent and Essex ; and (25) on Walney Island (J. E. 

 Harting). 



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