ADDITIONS SINCE 1899. 307 



but the bird is no longer a regular breeder at Scilly (J. Clark 

 and F. R. Rodd, t.c, 1906, p. 343). 



Lancs. — Mr. T. Hepburn could not find any on Walney 

 Island in June, 1901 {t.c, 1902, p. 377). 



Cumberland. — The Ravenglass colony is steadily increasing 

 in numbers (C. Oldham, t.c, 1908, p. 165). 



Norfolk.—" Probably bred in Norfolk in 1893" {Vict. Hist. 

 Norfolk). 



Ireland. — A colony (twenty pairs were seen) was found on 

 Lough Erne {co. Fermanagh) in 1900 (R. Warren, Irish Nat., 

 1900 (p. 220). A few nests were found by Mr. H. S. Gladstone 

 on an island in Lough Conn {co. Mayo) in 1903, and in May, 

 1906, a considerable colony (thirty-seven nests found) was 

 discovered by Mr. Warren on another island in the same lough 

 (R. Warren, Zoo/., 1906, p. 277). In 1906 two small colonies 

 were found in co. Doivn (R. Patterson, /. Nat.. 1906, p. 192). 



ROSEATE TERN Sterna dougalli Mont. S. page 645. 



Northttmberland.— T^ar^ie Islands. — In an article on the 

 history and status of this species by Rev. F. L. Blathwayt 

 {Zool., 1902, p. 52), it is stated that two pairs bred up to 1897. 

 In 1898 five or six pairs were seen, but in 1899 only two pairs 

 were reported ; w^hile in 1900 it was thought that only one pair 

 inhabited the Islands. 



Norfolk. — One seen at Blakeney Point and at Wells 

 throughout May, June and July, 1902, and is thought to have 

 paired with a Common Tern and nested. Its identity seems to 

 have been fairly established (J. H. Gurney, t.c, 1903, p. 131). 

 One seen at Blakeney on May 29th, 1903 {id., t.c, 1904, p. 208). 



North Wales. — The colony on the Skerries has been 

 considerably reduced, but steps have now been taken to pre- 

 serve the birds. There is another colony, the locality of 

 which is not divulged (H. E. Forrest, Vert. F. N. Wales, p. 

 371), and the numbers here are well maintained (F. C. R. 

 Jourdain, in litt.). 



Ireland. — As a breeding species it seems to have ceased to 

 exist. One " was shot on the coast of Connaught on August 

 3rd, 1904 " (R. J. Ussher, List of I. Birds, p. 48). 



COMMON TERN Sterna fluviatilis Naum. S. page 647. 



Shetland. — Nesting in some numbers in 1901 for the first 

 time (W. E. Clarke, Ann. S.N.H., 1902, p. 121). 



Fair Isle (Shetlands). — Numbers migrating on September 

 11th and 12th, 1906 {id., t.c, 1907, p. 79). 



Barra (Outer Hebrides). — Seen in summer in 1900 and 

 1903 {t.c, 1901, p. 143; 1903, p. 15; 1904, p. 216). There is 



