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high up in the cliffs. The young were hatched, and some of them 

 nearly as large as the old birds on the 3rd of June. 



Gannet. — Bleeds on the Skellig rocks, south of Dingle Bay. 



Common Guillemot.— Breeds on Teraght Island,the most westerly of 

 the Blaskets, a precipitous barren -looking rock, rising seven hundred 

 or eight hundred feet out of the sea. Weight of a female 2n.s. 



Ringed Guillemot.—l saw three of this species sitting on the cliffs 

 of Teraght, among the common guillemots. 



Black Guillemot.— Saw an odd pair round the coast, but did not 

 discover their breeding-place. 



Razorbill. — Breeds in countless numbers on Teraght. Weight of a 

 female 1 ft. 4j oz. : stomach full of small sand-eels. 



Puffin.— li anything more numerous than the razorbills. 



Arctic Tern.— Common, breeding on some of the smaller rocks in 

 Blasket Sound. 



Glaucous Gull.— A fine adult specimen was shot about twelve 

 years ago, in a corn-field near Tralee Bay. 



Iceland Gull.— A specimen of this rare gull was shot by Captain 

 De Moleyns, at Ventry Bay, in the winter of 1868 ; another was seen 

 at the same time, but he was unable to secure it. The specimen 

 killed, an immature bird, was most kindly given to me. 



Herring Gull.—Yery common, breeding in suitable localities all 

 round the north coast of Dingle Bay. 



Kittiwake. — Breeds in great numbers on Teraght. 



Greater and Lesser Blackhacked Gulls.— Both breed on some of 

 the Blasket Islands. 



Storm Petrel.— Breeds in numbers on Innismickillan, the south 

 Blasket. I caught eight specimens on their nests, but only secured 

 two eggs, as I was rather too early in the season. 



Colebrook Park, Brookeboro', Feimanagh, Ireland. 

 August 3, 1870. 



Ornithological Notes from North Lincolnshire. 



By John Cordeaux, Esq. 



(Continued from S. S. 20S1.) 



June and July, 1870. 

 Nightingale.— lune 2. At ten o'clock this evening, when walking 

 home through the Bradley Woods, about three miles from this place, 



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