ADDITIONS SINCE 1899. 329 



(R. Warren, Irish Nat., 1905, p. 71), and an immature bird 

 was shot on Rathlin Island on February 19th, 1907 (W. C. 

 Wright, t.c, 1907, p. 224). One was found dead at Bartragh 

 Island on December 8th, 1906 (R. Warren, Zooh, 1907, p. 73). 

 Orkney. — December 25th-26th, 1901, " over fifty, mostly 

 adult birds ; never saw more than four at a time before " 

 [Ann. S.N.H., 1902, p. 197). 



ICELAND GULL Larus leucopterus Faber. S. page 681. 



Winter occurrences of this species are too frequent to require 

 special notice. 



Late Dates. — One was seen from April 30th to May 2nd, 



1903, and another on May 17th, 1904, in Mull (D. Macdonald, 

 Ann. S.N.H., 1904, p. 247). One was seen on April 7th, 

 1902, at Londonderry (D. C. Campbell, Irish Nat., 1902, p. 

 151). One was shot on April 26th, 1905, in the Moy Estuary 

 (R. Warren, t.c, 1905, p. 135). 



IVORY GULL Pagophila eburnea (Phipps). S. page 685 

 Yorkshire. — One was seen at Flamborough on April 5th, 



1904, and was ultimately obtained (T. H. Nelson, Birds of 

 Yorks., p. 694). 



Northamptonshire. — A bird in immature plumage was 

 shot at Weston-by-Weedon on or about February 7th, 1901 

 (O. V. Aplin, Ibis, 1901, p. 517). 



Cornwall. — Two were seen, and one (adult male) was shot 

 in the Hayle Estuary on January 24th, 1907 (J. Clark, Zool., 

 1907, p. 287). 



Scotland. — In January, 1890, the first from the Outer 

 Hebrides was obtained at Stornoway (J. A. Harvie-Brown, 

 Ann. S.N.H., 1903, p. 16). Early in February, 1901, one 

 was obtained at Broadford, Skye (T. E. Buckley, t.c, 1901, 

 p. 116). One was identified on a close view at Largo Bay, 

 Fifeshire, on September 14th, 1904 (L. J. Rintoul and E. V. 

 Baxter, t.c, 1905, p. 53). One was seen "lately" (spring, 

 1906) in North Uist (N. B. Kinnear, t.c, 1907, p. 85). 



Ireland. — The third specimen for Ireland was shot at 

 Belmullet on March 27th, 1905 (R. J. Ussher, List of Irish 

 Birds, p. 50). 



GREAT SKUA Megalestris catarrhactes (L.). S. page 687. 



Hants. — One was picked up dead at Lainston, in March, 

 1904 {Birds of Hants, p. 339). 



Kent. — A female was shot on Dungeness on October 4th. 

 1900 (W. R. Butterfield, Zool, 1900, p. 521). 



