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Shag. — A colony of about 500 on " Banks of Dunmore." 

 Local name, " Skart." 



Arctic Tern. — Breeds in great numbers on Ronanish Isle ; 

 also on Innisparnog till 1890, when they all deserted and went to 

 Ananish Isle, four miles away. Local name, " Durrock." 



Lesser Tern. — I saw about a dozen clutches of eggs on 

 Narin strand, and about six pairs of birds at Ballyistan strand. 



Common Gull. — About fifty pairs breed on the islands of 

 Lough Burragh, and a less number on Lough Doon, probably 

 because, on the latter, their eggs are gathered, chiefly from off 

 the walls of an old Danish fort, about fourteen feet high and four 

 feet thick ; one pair nested on Lough Kiltooris, but their eggs 

 were taken and they failed to try the old proverb again. Local 

 name, " Lough Gull." 



Great Black-backed Gull. — Three pairs were breeding in 

 1891 on one of the islands of Lough Derrydough, one pair on 

 Lough Dough, others on Ronanish Isle, and on a rock off 

 Tormore. 



Storm Petrel. — Judging from their notes heard at night 

 and early morn, a fair-sized colony exists under the loose boulders 

 on Ronanish Isle. 



THE BRITISH MARTEN. 



MABTES SYLVATICA, Nilsson. 



By the Editok. 



(Continued from Zool. 1891, p. 459.) 



In ' The Zoologist ' for December last (pp. 450—459), under 

 the head of counties, I gave some account of the distribution of 

 the Marten in England, commencing with Northumberland and 

 ending with Cornwall, the consideration of Wales, Scotland, and 

 Ireland being reserved for future consideration. 



Before dealing with the remainder of the British Islands, 

 however, it will be well to make such additions and corrections 

 to the notes relating to the English counties as have come to 

 hand since the publication of my former article. I am indebted 

 to several correspondents for information on this subject, and it 

 will be convenient perhaps to take their letters in the order o 

 the counties already named. 



