On the Little Gull (Larus miiiutus) in North Uist. Ill 



109 (J. E. Palmer), and April 1884, in which last I show 

 how little form-books for register could be used with counter- 

 foils, one-half of the sheet to be sent to the printer, and the 

 other, in duplicate, retained by the recorder — the latter 

 forming, when finished, a useful and permanent record of all 

 rare occurrences in any given district, and always available to 

 workers of the future]. 



The following form may be modified or amplified, but we 

 believe, from the experience gained in five years' work on 

 the Migration Committee, that the items here given would 

 be sufficient for useful purposes : — 



Plax of Form for Recording with Greater Uniformity the Occurrences of 

 Rare Birds or other Migrational Phenomena. 



^-> Destination- -Mus., Sir J. C. Orde. 



Remarks. 



This specimen of the Little Gull was shot by Mr John Macdonald, factor 

 for Sir John Campbell Orde, Bart., m whose collection it now is. It is a 

 young bird of the year, and was the only one observed. It had come from 

 the island of Bernera in the Sound of Harris, where it had been seen the day 

 before. Wind southerly and westerly, and light for several days before and 

 on day of capture. Weather misty. When it was obtained, it was found to 

 have one foot awanting. Bernera is a sandy island, with a considerable 

 shallow fresh-water loch, and a stretch of fine sand below high tide mark. 

 It has a considerable population, and is grazed by a number of Highland 

 cattle. The loch is full of eels. 



In conclusion, form-books, with leaves for single records, 

 would be useful for records of rarities, whilst larger record 



