428 fHE ZOOLOGIST. 



emaciated, and would not eat anything. I placed it in water to see what 

 it would do ; it flapped its wings and used its feet in the usual way. Its 

 legs were apparently of little use for walking, and it sat with its breast 

 resting upon the ground ; however, it could get along a little by the aid of 

 its wings. It was caught on 2nd October, at about half-past three in the 

 afternoon, and was dead the following morning." On examination it proved 

 to be a mature female in fair plumage. The only previous Irish note I 

 know of is in Thompson, p. 417, vol. iii., where he states that in August, 

 1840, a specimen was presented to him by Mr. Glennon, of Dublin, who 

 " believed it to have been obtained in Ireland, but did not preserve any 

 record of the locality." With his usual caution, therefore, Thompson did 

 not include this species in the Irish list. I have just learned that a 

 second specimen was shot about the same time on Lough Erne, Co. Fer- 

 managh, and was sent to Mr. Williams, of Dublin, from whom we shall 

 doubtless have particulars. I should add that the last few days of September 

 were stormy, strong W. and S.W. winds prevailing. — -Robert Patterson 

 (1, Windsor Park Terrace, Belfast). 



Wilson's Petrel in Co. Fermanagh. — A specimen of this bird was shot 

 on Lough Erne, on Oct. 1st, by Mr. Thomas Plunkett, of Enniskillen. It 

 was sent to me for preservation, and was easily recognised by its remark- 

 ably long legs, and by the yellow colour on the basal portion of the webs. 

 — Edward Williams (2, Dame Street, Dublin). 



[An unusual number of Storm Petrels, Leach's Petrel, Manx Shear- 

 waters, and the two specimens of Wilson's Petrel now recorded, have been 

 reported to have been met with inland, chiefly in Ireland and the West of 

 England, during the present month of October, after protracted stormy 

 weather at sea. — Ed.] 



Manx Shearwater inland in Nottinghamshire. — During the first 

 week of September last a Manx Shearwater, Puffinus anglorum, was caught 

 by a collie dog at Tresvvell, a village not far from here, about forty miles 

 from the coast. The bird was sent to Retford to be stuffed. — E. Buttress 

 (Grove, near Retford, Notts). 



Manx Shearwater in North Norfolk.— An example of this species 

 was picked up dead in a field in the parish of North Creake, on Sept. 7 th, 

 1891, at a distance of four miles from the seashore, and given to me. It 

 is a bird very rarely captured on the Norfolk coast ; most of those recorded 

 from the county have been taken inland, and between the middle of August 

 and the middle of October. Mr. Southwell mentions seven such occur- 

 rences in the third volume of 'The Birds of Norfolk,' and the late 

 Dr. Babington, in the • Birds of Suffolk,' cited similar instances. Mr. 

 Cordeaux considers this species not uncommon in the autumn off the 

 Yorkshire coast, notably in the vicinity of Flamborough Head. I am at a 



