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BLACK-TAILED GODWITS IN CO. CORK. 

 I see in British Birds for February (p. 309) a note of Black- 

 tailed Godwits having been recorded by Mr. Robert Warren in 

 Cork Harbour in December, 1908. I have just left Cork, 

 where I was quartered for nearly two years. Godwits are 

 fairly plentiful in the harbour from September to May, or 

 later. Doubtless most of these are L. lapponica, but I think 

 myself that L. belgica occurs fairly often. I identified one 

 for certain on December 6th, 1908. Again, on January 31st, 

 1909, a flock of about twenty was observed close to Cross- 

 haven by two of my brother officers, and one bird was 

 obtained. 



J. W. H. Seppings. 



Birds on Lundy Island. — From some " Notes on the 

 Fauna of Lundy Island," contributed to the " Zoologist " 

 (1909, pp. 441-446) by Mr. B. F. Cummings, the following 

 items may be mentioned : — The Gannet (Sula bassana) has 

 become locally extinct ; the Great Black-backed Gulls (Larus 

 marinus) are reduced to some two pairs ; evidence is given to 

 show that the Whinchat {Pratincola rubetra) is a summer 

 visitant ; the House-Sparrow and Starling have established 

 themselves (the latter in very small numbers) during the last 

 twelve years ; and among other breeding species are Oyster- 

 catchers, Manx Shearwaters, and Storm-Petrels. 



Birds of Lough Swilly. — Mr. D. C. Campbell, in a 

 paper on the " Birds of Inch and Upper Lough Swilly " 

 {Irish Nat., 1910, pp. 17-28), records a remarkable in- 

 stance of a nest of Motacilla lugubris which he found 

 built in an old nest of Pica rustica on the top of a high beech- 

 tree. Among the regular winter visitors to the upper part of 

 Lough Swilly and the lands reclaimed from it, Mr. Campbell 

 tells us that Bewick's Swans, Brent Geese, Wigeon and Scaups 

 occur commonly in very large flocks, and that Sheld-Ducks 

 and Shovelers are residents and breed in increasing numbers. 

 Of less common occurrence, there are Grey Lag-Geese, Barnacle 

 Geese, Ruddy Sheld-Ducks, Gadwalls, Pintails, Pochards, 

 Golden-eyes, Scoters, Goosanders, Red-breasted Mergansers 

 and Smews. The Quail visited the district in some numbers 

 in 1893, and nests have been found in 1903 and subsequently. 

 The sloblands and reclaimed ground are largely frequented by 

 Limicolai, the Dunlin breeds there, as well as the Common 

 and Lesser Terns, while among the winter visitors are the 

 Grey Phalarope, Little Stint, Ruff, Greenshank, and Black- 

 tailed Godwit, while the Bar- tailed Godwit is common in spring 



