874 BRITISH BIRDS. 



Barra. — Birds were seen in 1899, and in 1902 eggs were 

 actually seen, while in 1906 there were from eight to twelve 

 pairs breeding (N. B. Kinnear, t.c, 1907, p. 85). 



SuTHERLANDSHiRE. — In 1897 Fulmars were seen on June 

 19th and 30th by Mr. Eagle Clarke about a mile to the east of 

 Cape Wrath, and again at the same place on July 10th, 1900, 

 by Mr. Howard Saunders, and they both considered that the 

 birds were then nesting there {Ann. S.N.H., 1897, p. 254, 



1901, p. 50). A colony was established during 1901 (or 

 possibly a year sooner ?), 1902, and 1903 on Handa (c/. 

 J. A. Harvie-Brown, Fauna N.W. Highlands and Skye, 

 pp. 355-361, where a very full account of the extension of 

 this bird's range in Scotland and its status up till 1904 will 

 be found). 



Caithness. — First observed at Dunnet Head in 1900. 

 Have gradually increased in numbers since. About thirty 

 pairs there now (J. A. Harvie-Brown, Ann. S.N.H., 1907, 

 p. 118). 



Shetlands. — In 1903 there Avere eight or nine actually 

 occupied nesting sites (J. A. Harvie-Brown, Fauna N.W. 

 Highlands and Skye, p. 359). Fair Isle. — In 1902 it was 

 present during the summer : in 1903 about a dozen pairs 

 bred, since which it has thoroughly established itself (W. 

 E. Clarke, i.e., 1906, p. 80). Whalsay and FeZL— Found 

 breeding in 1906 (J. S. Tulloch, i.e., 1906, p. 240). Fitful 

 Head. — A pair or two first seen in 1900, now (1905) about 

 thirty pairs nesting (N. B. Kinnear, t.c, 1905, p. 246). 



Orkneys. — A number building nests June 8th, 1901 (^.c, 



1902, p. 199). Since 1891 two localities in Orkney, one of 

 which is Hoy Head, have been occupied (J. A. Harvie- 

 Brown, Fauna N.W. Highlayids and Skye). Thirty or forty 

 nests in 1901 at Hoy Head ; over fifty in 1902 {Aim. S.N.H., 

 1904, p. 94). Several pairs were discovered during the summer 

 of 1907 frequenting the cHffs between Stromness and the 

 Bay of Skaill, in Orkney. This is believed to be the first 

 record from this locality (J. Walpole-Bond, Coiuitry Side, 7. 

 XII., 07). 



In connection with the very marked and steady increase of 

 this bird as a breeding species in Scotland, it should be 

 remarked that a great increase has taken place in its numbers 

 in the St. Kilda group, and this may partly account for the 

 establishing of new nesting colonies (c/. J. A. Harvie-Brown, 

 Ann. S.N.H., 1903, p. 19). 



Ireland. — " Frequently met with at all seasons on the 

 Atlantic .... rarely comes to land " (R. J. Ussher, List 



