72 RESIDENTS AND MIGRANTS. 



One taken alive, Waterford Harbour, May 1834, and lived about 

 five months in confinement. It is now preserved in the University 

 Museum, Dublin. Thompson, P. Z. S. 1835, p. 79, and ' Nat. Hist. 

 Ireland, Birds,' vol. iii. p. 238. 



One, also on the coast of Waterford, about the same time, but not 

 preserved. Thompson, ' Nat. Hist. Ireland, Birds,' vol. iii. p. 239. 



One picked up on the long strand of Castle Freke, co. Cork, about 

 February 1844, " having been water-soaked in a storm." Thomp- 

 son, op. cit. 



Two seen in Belfast Bay, 23rd September, 1845. Thompson, 

 op. cit. 



In addition to the instances above mentioned two 

 others are on record, both of which are undoubtedly 

 mistakes. Dr. Fleming, in his ' History of British 

 Animals' (p. 130), states that Mr. Bullock informed 

 him that " a Great Auk was taken in a pond of fresh 

 water two miles from the Thames, on the estate of Sir 

 Wm. Clayton, in Buckinghamshire." The Great Auk, 

 however, being incapable of flight, such an occurrence 

 would be physically impossible ; and the bird referred 

 to was, in all probability, one of the Divers. Again, 

 Messrs. Sheppard and Whitear, in their " Catalogue 

 of Norfolk and Suffolk Birds" (1826)*, state that they 

 were assured by Dr. Hooker that a bird of this species 

 was some years since killed near Southwold, Suffolk. 

 Sir Wm. Hooker, however, has since informed Pro- 

 fessor Newton that he has no recollection of having 

 made such a statement. He may have referred to a 

 Little Auk, Alca alle, and have been misunder- 

 stood. 



* Trans. Linn. Soc. vol. xv. p. 61. 



