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BRITISH BIRDS. 



FULMAR PETREL IN LANCASHIRE. 



As Mitchell, in his " Birds of Lancashire," only mentions the 

 Fulmar Petrel {Fulmarus glacialis) as having occurred four 

 times in Lancashire, perhaps the occurrence of a fifth example 

 at Galgate, near Lancaster, on April 3rd, 1904, may be of 

 interest, especially as it was picked up alive in a field quite 

 three miles from the sea. 



H. W. Robinson. 



Little Ringed Plover in North Uist. — Mr. J. E. 

 Harting reports in the " Field " (20, xi., 09, p. 329), that he 

 has received word from Mr. H. E. Beveridge, of Kelso, of a 

 small Plover which he shot in North Uist, in October, 1908. 

 By means of a sketch, drawn to the natural size, and a 

 description of the bird, Mr. Halting comes to the conclusion 

 that it w^as undoubtedly a specimen of jFgiaitis curonica. 

 So far as we know an authenticated example of the Little 

 Ringed Plover has not been obtained in this country for very 

 many years, and the bird has never before been recorded 

 for Scotland. 



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