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The Puffin [F^-atercula arctica). Decrease, Sule Skerry (Orimey), 

 August 7tli ; all gone, Whalsay Skerries, by the 20th, Noup Head 

 (Orkney) and Fair Isle (Shetland) by the 28th ; last seen, Sule 

 Skerrj^, September 11th ; one seen, Hammersmith (Thames), 

 October 4th ; one found dead, Scarborough (Yorkfehire), 6th ; one 

 picked up alive. Ascot (Berks), November 1st ; large numbers 

 seen. Bell Rock (Tay), 10th ; single birds seen, Lerwick (Shet- 

 land), 20th, Fair Isle and N.E. Lincoln coast, 24th ; one caught, 

 New Forest (Hants), 24th. 



The Great Northern Diver (Colymbus glacialis). First arrival, 

 Gigba (Argyll), August 18th ; one arrived, Fair Isle (Shetland), 

 October 19th ; one, Edenmouth, 23rd ; thirteen, Inchkeith (Forth), 

 November 10th, increase, 15th; one, Cromarty Firth, 10th ; one, 

 Sutton Coldfield (Warwick), 26th to December 2nd ; some, Tiree 

 (Argyll), November 22nd ; several, Poole (Dorset), 27th ; oue, 

 Eostherne (Cheshire), December 10th to end of year. 



The Black-throated Diver (Colymbus arcticus). One shot, Culler- 

 coats (Northumberland), October 21st, two seen, 29th. 



The Red-throated Diver {Colymbus septeyitrionalis). Two arrived, 

 N. Berwick, August 26th ; four seen, Scarborough (Yorkshire), 

 October 25th ; two seen, Cullercoats (Northumberland), November 

 20tb to 25th. 



The Great Crested Grebe {Podicipes cristattis). Six seen, Hemsworth 

 Dam (Yorkshire), where they breed, September 24th, remained 

 till end of year ; eleven to thirteen, Balgray Dam (Clyde), August 

 13th; few, Hopetoun shore, October 1st; single birds off St. 

 Andrew^s, October 13th, and Largo Bay, 18th ; one seen, Sutton 

 Coldfield (Warwick), November 26th to 28th; one, Aberlady 

 (Haddington), December 12th : three or four, St. Andrews, 

 December 19th. 



The Red-necked Grebe [Pudicij^es griseigena). One, adult, Scar- 

 borough (Yorkshire), September 21st. 



The Black-necked Grebe {Podicipes nigricollis). One caught. Stoke 

 (Worcester), October 9th ; one killed, Barnsness Lt. (Hadding- 

 ton), October 27 th. 



The Slavonian Grebe {Podicipes auritus). One, St. Kilda, October 

 10th ; one. Fair Isle (Shetland), November 22nd. 



The Little Grebe [Podicipes Jluviatilis). First seen on estuary, S. 

 Devon, October 28th ; one arrived, Ronaldsay, November 5th ; 

 one killed, Owers Light-vessel (Sussex), November 23rd/24th. 



The Great Shearwater {Puffinus gravis). Many seen at sea between 

 Falmouth and Plymouth (Cornwall), September 1st, none 

 previously ; large numbers. Bay of Biscay, September 6th to 24th ; 

 moderate numbers, English Channel (West) to within 50 miles 

 of Portland, September 25th ; numerous between St. Kilda and 



