582 ADDENDUM 



LITTLE AUK. Mergulus alle (Linnaeus). 



A Little Auk was taken alive in a field at Portrnarnock, 

 co. Dublin, in an exhausted state, on November 27th, 1904, 

 (J. Trumbuli, ' Irish Naturalist,' 1905, p. 44). 



LEVANTINE SHEARWATER. Puffinus yelkouanus (Acerbi). 



An example of this species, obtained at Bridlington 

 Quay, Yorkshire, October, 1898, was exhibited by Dr. 

 Bowdler Sharpe at a meeting of the British Ornithologists' 

 Club, held February 21st, 1900. The specimen was sent 

 for exhibition by Mr. Charles Smoothy, of Little Badow, near 

 Chelmsford (Bull. B.O.C., vol. x, p. 48). 



LITTLE DUSKY SHEARWATER. Puffinus assimilis (Gould). 



A female example of this bird was picked up on the 

 beach near Bexhill, Sussex, during a hard gale, on December 

 28th, 1900. It was examined by Mr. Hartert and Mr. Saun- 

 ders. It was exhibited by Mr. W. Kuskin Butterfield at a 

 meeting of the British Ornithologists' Club, held February 

 13th, 1901. On comparing it with the skins of P. assimilis, 

 collected by Capt. Boyd Alexander, it was suggested by the 

 Hon. N. Charles Rothschild and Mr. Hartert that the bird 

 might be called Puffinus obscurus bailloni, rather than 

 P. assimilis (Bull. B.O.C., vol. xi, p. 45). This is the third 

 example obtained in the British Isles. 



Another, a male of this species, was caught alive near 

 Lydd, Kent, after a severe gale, on November 26th-27th, by 

 Mr. Wallace who kept it alive for two days in a pool of 

 water. The dead bird was received by Mr. Bristow, St. 

 Leonards, on November 30th. It was exhibited by Mr. 

 C. B. Ticehurst, on behalf of Dr. N. F. Ticehurst, at a 

 meeting of the British Ornithologists' Club, held Decem- 

 ber 13th, 1905 (Bull. B.O.C., vol. xvi, pp. 38, 39). This is 

 the fourth British-taken example. 



BULWER'S PETREL. Bulweria bulweri (Jardine and Selby). 



A female example of this Petrel was found dead on the 

 beach near St. Leonards-on-Sea, on February 4th, 1904, 

 after prolonged gales. The specimen was examined in 

 the flesh by Mr. W. Euskin Butterfield, who exhibited 

 it at a meeting of the British Ornithologists' Club, held 

 February 17th, 1904. This is the third British-taken speci- 

 men and the second for Sussex, vide p. 562, text (Bull. 

 B.O.C., vol. xiv, pp. 49, 50). 



