ADDITIONS SINCE 1899. ; 421 



PoMATORHiNE Skua (Vol. II., p. 330). — Ireland. — In addi- 

 tion to those mentioned, Mr. Ussher informs us of the following 

 unrecorded examples : — Ballynakill, co. Galway, September 

 16tli, 1902 ; CO. Tipperary, September 19th, 1902 {fide Williams 

 and Sons) ; off Cork Harbour, November 9th, 1903 ; off 

 CO. Galway, May 9th, 1904 ; off south-west coast, May, 1904. 



Long-tailed Skua (Vol. II., p. 331). — Ireland. — September 

 22nd, 1899 (? locality) ; co. Mayo, August 22nd, 1903 (R. J. 

 Ussher, in litt., ^f?e Williams and Sons). The following were 

 seen by Mr. G. P. Farran : one fifty miles west of Tearaght, 

 August 7tli, 1906 ; one forty-five miles west of Skelligs, 

 August 8th, 1906 ; one sixty- two miles south-west by west 

 of Bull Rock, September 11th, 1907 {id., in litt.). 



Black-throated Diver (Vol. II., p. 333). — Ireland. — 

 An adult and an immature bird are recorded in Williams 

 and Sons' books for July 28th, 1906 (R. J. Ussher, in litt.). 



Great-crested Grebe (Vol. II., p. 333). — Scotland. — It 

 may be recalled that Selby in 1838 {British Ornithology, 

 Vol. II., p. 394) stated that it bred annually on a few of the 

 northern Scottish lakes (W. Evans, in litt.). 



Slavonian Grebe (Vol. II., p. 334). — Ireland. — One in 

 summer plumage was obtained at Belmullet, co. Mayo, in 

 April, 1907 (R. J. Ussher, in litt.). 



Black-necked Grebe (Vol. II., p. 369). — Ireland. — Three 

 have been obtained since the publication of the " Birds of 

 Ireland " ; one has been mentioned, the other two Mr. Ussher 

 informs us are : Mulhngar, December 30th, 1901 {fide Williams 

 and Sons) ; King's co., July 4th, 1907 (H. E. Joly, in litt.). 



Manx Shearwater (Vol. II., p. 372). — Scotland. — Present 

 in the Firth of Forth every year from May to October ; at 

 first, only a few, but in hundreds during August and Sep- 

 tember. Odd birds have occasionally been seen at other times 

 (February, etc.), (W. Evans, in litt.). 



Fulmar (Vol. II., p. 373). — One was shot by Mr. Wise on 

 February 23rd, 1908, off Kingsgate, Thanet, Kent (C. Ingram, 

 Zool., 1908, p. 272). One was picked up dead at Canty Bay, 

 near North Berwick, on July 16th, 1908. A pair is said by 

 the lighthouse-keepers on the Bass Rock to have nested there 

 in 1906 (W. and T. Malloch, t.c, 1908, p. 396), but we can 

 give no credence to this last statement. Mr. W. Evans 

 writes : — " The principal Hghthouse-keeper on the Bass tells me 

 he never heard it suggested that the Fulmar had bred on the 

 Rock. He has no doubt the recorded nesting of the Storm- 

 Petrel there in June, 1904, is what is meant." 



