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ADDENDUM. 



WHITE PELICAN. Pelicanus onocrotalus (Linneeus). 



In the 'Zoologist,' 1906, pp. 141, 142, the Eev. Francis 

 C. R. Jourdain mentions that a White Pelican was shot 

 in a field, close to the River Derwent, in Derbyshire, 

 on November 4th, 1905 ; another has been observed fre- 

 quenting the shore near Whitstable from July to October 

 20th, 1906 (S. Saunders, ibid., pp. 431, 432). 



COMMON BITTERN. Botaurus stellaris (Linnaeus). 



Two examples have recently been obtained in Ireland. 

 One in co. Waterford, February 5th, 1904 (W. W. Flemying, 

 ' Irish Naturalist,' 1904, p. 120) ; the other in co. Wexford, 

 November, 1904 (J. H. Johnston, ibid., 1905, p. 119). 



AMERICAN BITTERN. Botaurus lentiginosus (Montagu). 



A specimen of this Bittern was caught in a bramble- 

 bush on Bryher, Scilly Isles, at the end of September or 

 early in October, 1903. The capture was reported by Mr. 

 Digby Pigott, on behalf of Mr. Dorrien Smith, at a meeting 

 of the British Ornithologists' Club, held December 16th, 

 1903 (Bull B.O.C., vol. xiv, p. 32). 



WHITE STORK. Ciconia alba (Bechstein). 



An example of this rare British visitor was obtained 

 at South Wootton, Norfolk, on May 19th, 1905 (J. H. 

 Gurney, ' Zoologist,' 1906, p. 127). 



GLOSSY IBIS. Plegadis falcinellus (Linnaeus). 



There appear to have been visitations of this species 

 to Scotland during the autumns of 1902-3. A bird was 

 obtained near Forres, October 2nd, 1902 ; another on Loch 



