334 BRITISH BIRDS. 



Surrey. — The adult male picked up on Farthing Down in 

 1890 {Birds of Surrey, p. 346) was in full breeding plumage 

 (J. A. Bucknill, ZooL, 1901, p. 254). 



Kent. — A male in full summer plumage was shot at sea 

 off Dungeness on April 14th, 1907. (N. F. T.) 



Mid- Wales. — A pair was seen on the Dovey in October 

 and November, 1899 (J. H. Salter, t.c, 1902, p. 1). 



Scotland. — One was shot at Portmary on February 20th, 

 1900 (R. Service, Ann. S.N.H., 1900, p. 120). Another was 

 shot at Glencaple on October 6th, 1903 {t.c, 1904, p. 217). 

 One was shot on Spiggie on November 14th, 1901 {Ann. 

 S.N.H., 1902, p. 198), and another on Baltasound (Shetlands) 

 on December 30th, 1901 (T. E. Saxby, Zool, 1902, p. 113). 



Ireland. — Eleven or twelve have been taken at long in- 

 tervals on or near the coasts (R. J. Ussher, List of Irish Birds, 

 p. 52). 



SLAVONIAN GREBE Podicipes auritus (L.). S. page 721. 



Saunders says " its occurrence on the southern and western 

 shores of England seems to be irregular even in winter." 



Jersey.— Frequent (H. Mackay, t.c, 1904, p. 382). 



Scilly Isles. — An autumn and winter casual chiefly on 

 Tresco, by no means rare. The last was recorded in November, 

 1902 (J. Clark and F. R. Rodd, Zool, 1906, p. 345). 



Devon. — " I have noticed one or two on the river [? Taw] 

 for the past two winters, and I am inclined to think that they 

 are regular winter visitors " (B. F. Cummings, t.c, 1905, 

 p. 469). 



Oxfordshire. — Mr. O. V. Aplin gives particulars of six 

 winter occurrences previously unrecorded {t.c, 1899, p. 441), 

 and of a seventh {t.c, 1907, p. 331). 



North Wales. — Occurs frequently in winter on the Meri- 

 oneth coast (H. E. Forrest, Vert. F. N. Wales, p. 409). 



Scotland. — There is considerable but not conclusive 

 evidence of its having bred in Benbecula (Outer Hebrides) 

 in 1893. Two were shot in full summer plumage in April, 

 1898, in Barra (J. A. Harvie-Brown, Ann. S.N.H., 1903, 

 pp. 21-22). One at Arisaig (Inverness) in full summer plumage 

 on May 13th, 1907 {t.c, 1908, p. 207). 



Food. — In the stomach of one shot in the winter were 

 besides feathers, elytra of water-beetles and numbers of larvce 

 of the Crane-fly {Tipula oleracea) (0. Grabham, Zool., 1899, 

 p. 32). One examin ed by G. Sim from Bruckley Castle, Dee 

 area, contained flies, beetles, grubs, and stickle-backs {Vert. 

 Fauna of Dee, p. 190). 



{To he continued.) 



