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great haunt of the common scoter on the Irish coast. Of this latter 

 species, the Rev. G. M. Black, when sailing off the Skerries and Bal- 

 briggan, saw several small flocks so late as the month of April (1850). 



Tufted Duck, vol. iii. p. 141. 



The Eev. G. Eobinson, vrriting to me on the 25th of April, 1850, 

 remarked, that tufted ducks are still on Lough Neagh, and are wild, 

 not admitting the approach of his boat within eighty or a hundred 

 yards before taking wing. On the 4th of May I saw one of these 

 ducks on the lake, and learned from a fisherman at Maghery, that they, 

 pochards and golden -eyes, are commonly taken in the fishing-nets near 

 this place. A few birds, rarely more than four or five in number, be- 

 come meshed in the nets duiiug the night, and are brought ashore in 

 the morning. The water in which they are captured does not exceed 

 twelve feet in depth. 



Black-throated Diver, vol. iii. p. 201. 



Mr, Watters writes to me that on the 8th of October, 1850, he ob- 

 tained an immature bird shot between Howth and Kingstown. He 

 describes it as " larger in size than the red-throated diver, and in nearly 

 similar plumage, except that the throat and neck are closely mottled 

 with black, and the feathers, when raised, are deep black underneath." 



Gannet, vol. iii. p. 264. 



I am much gratified to be enabled to add the following statement 

 to that of Mr. Townsend at the page referred to. The Stags of Broad- 

 haven being mentioned by Arthur Edwin Knox, Esq., in his very 

 pleasing work ' Game Birds and WUdfowl, &c.,' just published, I wrote 

 to that gentleman on the subject of the gannet's breeding there, and he 

 replied (January 3, 1851), "It used, when I was a boy, to breed, but 

 not in numbers, on the Stags of Broadhaven. I cannot say that I 

 have seen their nests, but I have shot the young birds as well as the 

 old ones on the wing, when passing through those islands in an open 

 boat. The young ones were well able to fly, but apparently had only 

 lately left the nest. I speak of many years ago." The writer has 

 not had the opportunity of knowing anything of the gauncts there for 

 a long period. 



Little Auk, vol. iii. p. 218. 



December 10, 1848. At this date Mr. R. J. Montgomery wrote to 



