ADDITIONS SINCE 1899. 147 



J. B. Nichols. It may be noted that a bird of this species 

 has been recorded as having been caught at sea 190 miles off 

 the coast of Liberia.] 



CRANE Grus communis Bechst. S. page 521. 



Norfolk. — On April 7th, 1898, four were seen by 

 Mr. Pashley near Glaven, and they were afterwards 

 reported at Weybourne, and again at Runton, after 

 which they took their departure (J. H. Gurney, ZooL, 

 1899, p. 119). An immature bird was seen for about 

 three weeks near Great Yarmouth in April, 1906 (J. E. 

 Knights, t.c, 1906, p. 194). 



Scotland. — A young bird appeared at the Pentland 

 Skerries on May 1st, 1903, and was shot two days 

 afterwards (J. Tomison, Ann. S.N.H., 1903, p. 186). 

 One was seen in North Shetland on May 16th, 1906 

 (T. E. Saxby, t.c, 1907, p. 50). One was shot near 

 Stornoway on May 14th, 1906. The species had not 

 previously been recorded from the Outer Hebrides 

 (N. B. Kinnear, t.c, 1907, p. 84). 



GREAT BUSTARD Otis tarda L. S. page 523. 



Introduction. — In 1900 seventeen were imported 

 from Spain and placed by Lord Walsingham on Lord 

 Iveagh's estate at Elvedon, Norfolk. Fifteen survived 

 the winter (they were feather pinioned), but they then 

 left their secure retreat, where they had a run of some 

 800 acres, and appear to have dispersed over the country. 

 Several were soon shot, and the whereabouts of four only 

 were known at the end of 1901. By the end of the 

 following year only two remained. They appear to have 

 laid eggs, but no young hatched, and the experiment 

 must be deemed an entire failure. 



[Ireland. — Two were seen near Thurles, co. Tip- 

 perary, and one of them was shot on December 20th, 

 1902 (Williams & Son, Field, 1903, p. 447). There is 

 no previous authentic record of the occurrence of this 

 bird in Ireland, and we think that these examples may 

 have been " escapes." We believe that all the intro- 

 duced birds mentioned above have not even yet been 

 accounted for.] 



[Lincolnshire. — Two females were killed, one at 

 Weelsby, the other at Tetney, on December 15th and 

 29th, 1902 (G. H. Caton Haigh, ZooL, 1903, p. 368). 

 These are looked upon by Mr. Gurney (^.c, p. 125) as 



