ADDITIONS SINCE 1899. 87 



much to Major Trevelyan's credit that he was thus able to 

 authenticate this most interesting discovery of the first 

 nesting of this species in Ireland without the destruction of 

 the parent birds. The birds bred again in 1906 (R. J. Ussher 

 in litt.). 



In 1907 one male and two females were observed on the 

 lough, but no nest was found. On June 4th, 1908, a nest 

 with eight eggs was found well concealed in a furze bush on 

 an island in the same lough, and this year also there appeared 

 to be a second and sohtary female (H. Trevelyan, Field, 4, vii., 

 08, p. 3). 



SURF-SCOTER (Edemia perspicillata (L.). S. page 469. 



SciLLY Isles. — Has been obtained twice (J. Clark and F. 

 R. Rodd, Zool, 1906, p. 304). 



Cornwall. — An adult male was killed with two Velvet 

 Scoters on the Helford River on December 16th, 1906 (J. 

 Clark, t.c, 1907, p. 285). 



Orkney. — Young birds are of commoner occurrence than 

 most people suppose, hardly a winter passes without one or 

 more being seen among the Velvet-Scoters when they first 

 arrive. The adult birds are much rarer. An adult male 

 was seen inside Stromness Harbour between December 14th 

 and 21st, 1905 (H. W. Robinson, Field, 17, n., 06). 



GOOSANDER Mergus merganser L. S. page 471. 



Scotland. — A pair was identified off the north end of 

 North Uist on October 31st, 1905 (A. Elfrish, Ann. S.N.H., 

 1906, p. 53). A male was seen off Barra on May 22nd, 1906 

 (N. B. Kinnear, t.c, 1907, p. 83). The bird is of rare occur- 

 rence in the Outer Hebrides. 



SMEW Mergus albellus L. S. page 475. 

 Norfolk. — An adult male was shot on Breydon on January 

 30th, 1907 (B. Dye, Zool, 1907, p. 111). Adult males are rare. 

 Yorkshire. — An adult was shot at Skelton in the winter 

 ot 1900 (T. H. Nelson, Birds of Yorks., p. 486). 



Shetland. — One was shot on February 14th, 1901, at 

 Sconsburgh {Ann. S.N.H., 1902, p. 134). It is a rare visitor 

 to the Shetlands. 



(To he continued.) 



