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VOL. XI.] NOTES. 189 
SNOWY OWL IN CO. ANTRIM. 
My friend Mr. Herbert Malcomson had the interesting 
experience of examining a fine specimen of the Snowy Owl 
(Nyctea nyctea) at Mr. James Robin’s, the taxidermist’s, which 
was shot near Glenavey about November 12th—13th, 1917. 
Mr. Ussher states that over thirty have been recorded from 
Ireland, but only two of those mentioned in the Birds of 
Ireland, p. 118, are from Co. Antrim, and both date back 
to 1835 (Thompson, Nat. Hist. of Ireland, Birds, I., p. 96). 
W. H. WorKMAN. 
[We have also received a note from Mr. W. C. Wright 
respecting the same bird.—ED. | 
BLACK-THROATED, RED-THROATED AND GREAT 
NORTHERN DIVERS ON LAKE WINDERMERE, 
WESTMORLAND. 
Wiru reference to my note in British Birds (Vol. IV., p. 220) 
on the occurrence of a Black-throated Diver (Colymbus 
arcticus) on Lake Windermere on February 24th, 1910, I 
regret to state that this record is erroneous, the bird in 
question eventually proving to be an adult male Red-throated 
Diver (C. stellatus). 
However, on January 9th, 1915, an immature female 
Black-throated Diver was shot on the lake by Mr. T. 
Battersby as it flew over his boat. 
On January 5th, 1917, I shot an immature male Great 
Northern Diver (C. immer). Two other Divers which I saw 
on the lake the same day were, I believe, of the same species. 
It is comparatively seldom that Divers are not present 
on the lake from November to March, individuals remaining 
for several weeks, but great difficulty is found in identifying 
satisfactorily birds so similar in plumage and so shy in nature 
without securing them, which is, in itself, no easy matter. 
Perhaps I may state here that in the Museum at Keswick, 
Cumberland, there are two Divers labelled Black-throated 
and Red-throated respectively. Both are Red-throated 
Divers in winter-plumage. D. G. GARNETT. 
BREEDING OF THE COMMON SANDPIPER IN 
OXFORDSHIRE. 
HirHeErTo the only record of the breeding of the Common 
Sandpiper (Tinga hypoleuca) in Oxfordshire has been that 
mentioned in Mr. QO. V. Aplin’s work on the birds of Oxford- 
shire, p. 159. In this case a nest with eggs was found in 
1885 by Mr. A. F. Hall at the junction of the Glyme with 
the Evenlode. In May, 1904, some eggs were brought for 
