ADDITIONS SINCE 1899. 149 



Merioneth. — One was obtained near Towyn on 

 Jan. 6tli, 1903 (H. E. Forrest, Vert. F. N. Wales, p. 323). 



Ireland. — One was reported to have been shot at 

 Magheragollen, Gweedore, co. Donegal, on Oct. 12th, 

 1903 (D. C. Campbell, Irish Nat., 1904, p. 119). 



[It formerly bred in Oxfordshire (ZooL, 1903, p. 18; 1899, 

 p. 437), Buckinghamshire {t.c, 1903, p. 450), Cambridgeshire 

 {t.c, 1862, p. 8168), Bedfordshire {Vict. Hist. Beds., p. 128), 

 Nottinghamshire [B. of Notts., p. 253)]. 



PRATINCOLE Glareola pratincola (L.). S. page 531. 



Kent. — A male was shot by Mr. Southerden at 

 Jury Gap, Romney Marsh, on May 30th, 1903. The 

 specimen, which was the first recorded example from Kent, 

 is in Mr. Fleetwood Ashburnham's collection (N. F. 

 Ticehurst, Bull. B.O.C., XIII., p. 77). An adult pair 

 were shot near the same place on July 19th, 1904 (N.F.T.). 



Scotland. — A young bird, only the second example 

 of the species which has ever been obtained in Scotland, 

 was shot on the Mill Burn, Rocksands, Montrose, by 

 Mr. Stormond, on Nov. 4th, 1899 (J. A. Harvie-Brown, 

 Ann. S.N.H,, 1900, p. 51). 



CREAM-COLOURED COURSER Cursorius gallicus (J. F. 

 Gm.). S. page 533. 



One was shot in Bouley Bay, Jersey, on Oct. 19th, 1896 

 (J. E. Harting, Zool, 1896, p. 435). The Channel Islands 

 are not included by Howard Saunders amongst the places 

 where this bird has occurred. 



DOTTEREL Eudromias morinellus (L.). S. page 535. 



North Wales. — Four were seen on the top of one of the 

 highest mountains in Merionethshire on May 10th, 1901, and 

 on May 8th, 1902. A search was made in June, 1901, but 

 none were seen (O. V. Aplin, Ibis, 1901, p. 517, and 1903, 

 p. 133). It appears to occur sparingly on the mountains in 

 spring (H. E. Forrest, Vert. F. N. Wales, p. 330). 



Ireland. — One was shot from a flock of more than a 

 hundred birds {thought to be of the same species) in Donegal 

 Bay on Nov. 29th, 1905 (A. R. Nichols, Irish Nat., 1906, 

 p. 45). Three females were shot at Athlone on Nov. 10th, 

 1906 (W. P. WilHams, t.c, 1907, p. 183). 



Outer Hebrides. — A bird-of-the-year was received from 

 Eilean Mor, Flannan Isles, in September, 1906. The species 

 had not been recorded previously from the Outer Hebrides 

 (W. E. Clarke, Anii. S.N.H., 1907, p. 53). 



