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APPBNDIX. 



Owing to the length of time which the present edition has necessarily taken in 

 passing through the press, I find it necessary, in order to bring the information as 

 nearly up to date as possible, to add the following records of abnormal migrants to the 

 species named below : — 



Page 74 — Baillon's Crake {Grex hailloni) : Add one, Renfrewshire, May, 

 1893 ; one near Thurso, September, 1898. 



,, 92— Crane {Grus cinerca) : Has been obtained in Ireland as recently as 

 1896. 



,, 95 — Demoiselle Crane [Grus virgo) : Add one, Norfolk Coast, July, 

 1899 (? an escaped bird) . 



,, 103 — Little Bustard {Otis tetrax) : Ireland can now claim six examples. 



,, 117 — Common Pratincole {Giareola pratincola) : Add a second Scotch 

 example, Rocksands, Montrose, November, 1899. 



,, 154 — American Golden Plover {Gharadrius dominious) : Add one, Co. 

 Mayo, September, 1894. 



,, 165 — Sociable Lapwing [Vanellus gregarius) : Add one (S), Co. Meath, 

 August, 1899. 



,, 210 — Bartram's Sandpiper [Bartramia longicauda) : Add one Irish 

 specimen, Co. Cork, September, 1894. 



,, 277 — Buff-breasted Sandpiper {Tringites rufescens) : Add one (cf), 

 Norfolk, September, 1899. 



,, 315— Greater Snow Goose {Chen nivalis): Now a British species, of 

 which an account is given on the two following pages 

 (pp. 455, 456). 



,, 398— Tufted Duck {Fuligida crhlata) : Add to British breeding area. 

 South-west Derbyshire. 



