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Kiohardson's Skua, S. crepidatus. Occasionally. 



Razorbill, Alca torda (Llwrs). Common. 



Common Guillemot, Uria traile (Gwylawg). Common. 



Little Auk, Mergulus alle (Garfyl Bach). Many washed 

 ashore dead in 1887. 



Puffin, Fratercula arctica (Pal). Common in summer. 



Great Northern Diver, Colymbus glacialis (Trochydd Mawr). 

 Occurs every winter. 



Red-throated Diver, C. septentrionalis (Trochydd gwddfgoch). 

 Common every winter. 



Great Crested Grebe, Podicipes cristatus (Gwyach gorniog). 

 Not common ; a few have been obtained at intervals. 



Sclavonian Grebe, P. auritas. Commoner ; in some winters 

 many occur. 



Little Grebe, P.fluviatilis (Gwyach Lleiaf). Resident and 

 common. 



Fulmar, Fulmarus glacialis (Gwylan y graig). Occurs rarely. 



Manx Shearwater, Puffinus anglorum (Gwylan Manawg). 



Storm Petrel, Procellaria pelagica (Gwylan y weilgi) . Several 

 obtained ; driven in during severe storms. 



NOTES AND QUERIES, 



MAMMALIA. 



Variation in the Colour of the Fox.— A short time since I had the 

 pleasure of inspecting some twelve or fourteen heads and " brushes " of 

 Foxes, all obtained, I believe, from the hunting-grounds of the " New 

 Forest," "East Dorset," and "South Wilts" Hounds, within the last 

 season or two. Individual variation would not, perhaps, be noticed in a 

 particular head or tail if seen alone, but when placed together the contrast 

 is marked and interesting. The ordinary red-brown head and light grey- 

 brown tail with white " tag" is undoubtedly the most common, but in one 

 or two instances the heads were of a much darker hue, whilst, on the other 

 hand, two at least were almost as grey as a rabbit ; again, the " brushes" 

 varied in an equal if not greater degree, from light to dark, and four or 

 five of the number had no white tip. To some extent, no doubt, age, sex, 

 and season will account for this variation ; for I observed that the lighter 

 or darker hue was occasioned by the longer hairs being tipped with black 

 or grey, which in a measure partially hid the "red" fur beneath. The 

 lightest coloured head was obtained in March last, and was altogether a pale 



