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plantation at Greeba, and subsequently ascertained that 

 at least two pairs of Woodcock had nested there in that 

 year, the nests being placed among the bracken under 

 the young trees. The breeding of the species has now 

 become regular there and probably elsewhere. 



Knot (Tringa canutus). — On September 11th, 1908, I saw 

 two at Scarlett ; the species must be very scarce, at 

 least on our southern shores. 



Sanderling (Calidris arenaria). — I regularly see small 

 numbers, associated with Ringed Plovers and Dunlins, 

 in Castletown Bay in May, and again on the return 

 migration in August and September. I have met with 

 some under the same circumstances in May on the Jurby 

 Sands. 



Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla). — A second small colony, as 

 already recorded (Zool., 1907, p. 309) exists on the south 

 end of the Manx mainland. 



Leach's Fork-tailed Petrel (Procellaria leucorrhoa). — On 

 December 5th, 1905, one was picked up in Well Road 

 Hill, Douglas {Zool, 1906, p. 194). 



Manx Shearwater (Puffimis anglorum). — On July 2nd, 1906, 

 Mr. C. Oldham, crossing from Douglas to Barrow, counted 

 forty of this species during the voyage, scattered over the 

 route, the first about seventeen minutes after leaving 

 Man. the last, a small party, twenty minutes before 

 entering the Walney Channel (C. O., in lit.). In the 

 summer of 1907 Mr. F. S. Graves saw this Shearwater 

 frequently between Liverpool and Douglas. In the 

 Zoologist for 1908 (p. 429) Mr. H. B. Booth describes 

 a migratory movement of some magnitude observed 

 between Heysham and Douglas on August 31st, 1907, 

 a flight five or six miles in width, making a S.S.W. 

 course. On August 22nd, 1908, Mr. Graves saw one 

 hundred close together half-way between Liverpool and 

 Douglas, and a w T eek later two in Douglas Bay. 



Slavonian Grebe (Podicipes auritus). — In October, 1906, a 

 specimen was obtained near Ramsey (c/. J. C. Crellir, 

 /. of M. N. H. and A. Soc. Proceedings, 1907, p. 100). 



