282 BRITISH BIRDS. 



BLACK-NECKED GREBES IN NORTH LANCASHIRE. 



The occurrence of the Black-necked or Eared Grebe {Podiceps 

 nigricollis) in north Lancashire is, I venture to think, worthy 

 of note, especially so of three specimens. The first, an adult 

 in full summer plumage, I mentioned in the " Zoologist " 

 of September, 1904, as having been captured alive on a pond 

 at Middleton, near Morecambe, on July 28th, 1904. The 

 second was shot on October 24th of the same year on the tidal 

 part of the Lune below Lancaster, at Snatchems, and was an 

 adult in full winter plumage, whilst the third, an immature 

 bird, was shot in the same place as the last specimen in 

 February, 1907. All the three specimens occurred within a 

 couple of miles of one another. H. W. Robinson. 



LEACH'S FORK-TAILED PETRELS IN CUMBERLAND 



AND LANCASHIRE. 

 During the week between November 18th and 25th the coasts 

 of north Lancashire and Cumberland were visited by numbers 

 of Fork-tailed Petrels {Procellaria leucorrhoa). The week 

 was a very stormy one, and the birds were probably blown 

 inshore by heavy winds, some being found some distance 

 inland. They were specially numerous off the slag-tip at 

 Carnforth, near Lancaster, on the 2.3rd and 24th, and occurred 

 all the way up the coast, and inland as far north as Carlisle, 

 and into the West Riding of Yorkshire. From the dates of 

 their capture it would seem that they were travelling down 

 the coastline from north to south. H. W. Robinson. 



BULWER'S PETREL IN SUSSEX. 



A MALE example of Bulwer's Petrel [Bulweria hulweri) was 

 picked up much exhausted, but still ahve, at Cliff End, near 

 Winchelsea, Sussex, on September 4th, 1908, after strong 

 south-westerly gales. The bird was taken to Mr. Bristow, 

 of St. Leonards, for preservation, and was there seen 

 in the flesh by Mr. W. R. Butterfield. It was eventually 

 purchased by Mr. C. J. Carroll, by whose courtesy we 

 have been allowed to photograph the stuffed bird. It 

 was exhibited on Mr. Carroll's behalf by Mr. W. R. Ogilvie- 

 Grant at the meeting of the British Ornithologists' Club held 

 on November 18th, 1908. There have only been three 

 previous occurrences of Bulwer's Petrel in the British Isles, 

 and of these two have also been in Sussex. A Yorkshire 

 example is quoted in Howard Saunders' "Manual " (2nd ed., 

 p. 749), and on February 3rd, 1903, one was found dead at 

 Beachy Head, while on February 4th, 1904, another was 

 picked up dead at St. Leonards {Bull. B.O.C, XIIL, p. 51, 



