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Garden-Warbler (5. borin). — Mr. Laidlaw met with this species 

 once only, at the Point of Ayrc, in May 1919. But Mr. Bell, 

 who some years ago was in constant touch with this station, had 

 several specimens from the light, and even kept one alive for some 

 time. This is a bird which has never been recorded as breeding in 

 the Isle of Man, but being unlike the Blackcap, of inconspicuous 

 ■colouring, as well as of secretive habits, it may easily be overlooked. 



Grasshopper-Warbler [Lociistella n. ntevia). — Mr. Laidlaw has 

 seen this occasionally at Maughold Head. In the Isle of Man it was 

 first reported from a light, but has since been found in a number of 

 localities as a summer resident. 



Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla f. rayi). — Mr. J. Bell has seen a 

 party at Lough Cramstal, and Mr. Laidlaw another at the Point of 

 Ayre. 



Raven [Corvus c. corax). — In 1918 there was a nest in an extra- 

 ordinarity accessible and conspicuous situation, on the low cliffs of 

 the east side of Langness, on the inward side of a somewhat outlying 

 knoll, a few feet from the top and about 15 from the bottom. On 

 iQth March it contained five eggs, which had disappeared by the 

 25th. Ravens (often in pairs) haunt the low shores of the north 

 almost daily both in summer and winter. 



Swift (Apus a. apus). — In 1918 Swifts, after an absence of about 

 fourteen years, settled again in small numbers in Castletown, where 

 they had formerly been conspicuous as summer residents, and they 

 reappeared in 1919. The new Ramsey colony (1914) also still exists. 



Nightjar {Caprimtdgus c. europcsus). — There can be no doubt 

 that Nightjars breed on the wastes at the Ayre, where they have 

 been repeatedly observed in sunimer by Mr. j. Bell (also by myself). 

 Mr. Laidlaw has observed them catching moths at the Point of Ayre 

 lantern. 



TuRTLE-DovE {Streptopelia t. turtur). — About November 20th, 

 1 91 8, Mr. A. Cooil shot a Turtle-Dove among Wood-Pigeons in a field 

 at Knockrushen, near Castletown. The species is a rare straggler 

 here. The date is very late, but can be paralleled in Ireland. 



Quail (Coturnix c. coturnix). — In June 191 9 Mr. E. Kneale heard 

 a Quail several times in the fields near the Lhen, Andreas. About 

 the same tfme, as I am informed by Rev. Canon Leece, quite a number 

 were settled in the parish of Ru.slien, at the other end of the Island. 

 Irregular visitant as it is, the Quail is well known, in the northern 

 parishes at least, as " Wet-my-lip." 



Oystercatcher {Hcematopus o. ostralegus). — The Oystercatcher 

 appears, like the Redshank, to be increasing in numbers and extending 

 its range on our coast. Last season I found it breeding in one, perhaps 

 two, new localities in the .south of the Island, and I twice found nests 

 with four eggs, which I had never before met with. 



Sanderling (Crocethia alba). — On May 30th, 1919, Mr. J. A. Corteen 

 found nine Sanderlings dead near " The Bungalow " under Snaefell, 

 probably killed by striking the wires of the electric railway. The 

 place is above i ,350 feet above sea-level and five miles from the coast. 

 The specimen which I saw was in summer plumage. 



Common Tern {Sterna hirundo).- — In 191 9 Mr. C. H. Wells and 

 I again found this species breeding on the same ground as in 191 7. 



