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the claws black. There were two and only two white nuchal 

 plumes. The total length was about 22 in. Wing, 285 mm, 

 Culmen, 68 mm. Tarsus, 80 mm. 



Forrest {Fmma of North Wales, p. 257) mentions Eyton's 

 undated Anglesey record, and a report without details for 

 Flint. T. A. Coward. 



GANNETS IN DERBYSHIRE. 



On April i6th, 1919, during stormy weather, I saw at Fenny 

 Bentley, near Ashburne, two Gannets {Sula rassana) which 

 passed overhead at about twenty feet from the ground. 

 There are about ten previously recorded occurrences of this 

 species in the county, including one seen flying in a south- 

 westerly direction over Thorpe on March ist, 1917, and nine 

 recorded by Mr. Jourdain in the Victoria Hid. of Derbyshire, 

 p. 138. Ernest Grindey. 



FULMAR PETRELS IN YORKSHIRE IN SUMMER. 



In a note on " the Fulmar in Kincardineshire " in British 

 Birds, Vol. VIIL, p. 125, the following sentence occurs : " Is 

 it too much to hope that some day the Fulmar will appear 

 on the Yorkshire cliffs ? " I am glad to be able to report 

 that the Fulmar {Fiilmarus g. glacialis) has now " appeared " 

 on these cliffs, though whether it is j^et breeding there is 

 not ascertained. On June 14th, 1919, when walking along 

 the top of the cliff at Speeton I saw a couple of these beautiful 

 birds. They were beating regularly backwards and forwards 

 along the face of the cliffs between Speeton and Bempton 

 during the whole afternoon. The " Qimbers " of Buckton 

 tell me that the birds have been there all the season — that 

 is, from the second week in May. One man told me that he 

 had seen as many as three birds at a time, but I could onl}'- 

 be sure of a couple. The birds patrol the cliffs all day long 

 while the climbers are at work, and have never yet been seen 

 to alight on the rock. Whether the birds are actually breeding 

 remains to be proved, but there is no doubt that they have 

 most persistently haunted these cliffs for several weeks. 



George W. Temperley. 



GREAT CRESTED GREBES NESTING IN KENT. 



About mid April 191 9 a pair of Great Crested Grebes 

 {Podiceps c. cristatus) arrived on a lake in north Kent. Subse- 

 quently they nested under some willows overhanging the 

 water from an island in the lake, and on June 2nd I was 

 pleased to see the old birds swimming about, followed by four 



