ADDITIONS SINCE 1899. 415 



Glossy Ibis (Vol. I., p. 350).— Ireland.— The "Manual" 

 gives twenty from Ireland, the " Birds of Ireland " twenty- 

 two, " List of Irish Birds " (1908), thirty-six. Of the fourteen 

 extra to the " Birds of Ireland " three were obtained in each 

 of the counties of Cork, Waterford, and Wexford, two in Clare, 

 and one each in Dublin, Down, and Galway. Seven of these 

 occurred in September, five in October, and one in November 

 (R. J. Ussher, in litt.). 



Spoonbill (Vol. I., p. 350). — Ireland. — One was obtained in 

 CO. Galway on December 16th, 1890 (R. J. Ussher, /itZe WilHams 

 and Sons, in litt.). One was obtained at Tralee, co. Kerry, 

 in September or October, 1904 [id., fide Rohu and Sons). 



Grey Lag-Goose (Vol. II., p. 24). — With reference to the 

 young bird obtained in the Tay area in 1906 Mr. Harvie-Brown 

 writes : — " Semi-domesticated Grey Lags have bred for some 

 years close to and even within the watershed of Tay, near the 

 southern boundaries, and truly wild Grey Lags have never 

 been recorded as nesting anywhere within forty miles of the 

 north-west boundary of the Tay area." 



[Ruddy Sheld-Duck (Vol. II., p. 51). — A pair was shot on 

 the Essex coast early in January, 1908 (J. C. F. Fryer, Field, 1, 

 IL, 08).] 



Gad WALL (Vol. II. , p. 52). — Ireland. — One, of a pair, shot 

 on the Barrow, near Stradbally, Queens co., February 7th, 

 1908 (John W. Young, Field, 15, ii., 08). One was shot in 

 November, 1907, near Wexford Harbour (W. Rocke, Field, 

 22, II., 08). Not so rare in Ireland (Shgo, Roscommon and 

 Leitrim) as might be supposed from records given. It is a 

 regular visitor in small numbers to Lough Arrow : three or 

 four couples were on the lough during the first half of April, 

 1909. This information comes to me from Messrs. J. 

 Henderson, senr. and junr., both of whom are well acquainted 

 wdth the bird (F. C. R. Jourdain, in litt.). 



Shoveler (Vol. IL, p. 52). — A few pairs are said to breed 

 on the moors of Somersetshire (F. L. Blathwayt, Vict. Hist. 

 Somerset, Vol. I., p. 155). A brood was hatched both in 1904 

 and 1905 on a pool at Patshull, Staffs. (Lord Dartmouth, Field, 

 15, VIII., 08). Ireland. — Increasing as a breeding species in 

 all the provinces (R. J. Ussher, in litt.). 



Pintail (Vol. II. , p. 54). — Hawick is in Roxburgh, not 

 Berwick. But the lochs at which both nests are said to have 

 been found are in Selkirk (W. Evans, in litt.). 



Garganey (Vol. II. , p. 54). — A pair was seen on EUesmere, 

 Shropshire, in April, 1906 (H. E. Forrest, in litt.). Ireland. — 



