4SQ THE ZOOLOGIST. 



the trough of the heavy sea with their peculiar, graceful flight, 

 was a pleasure to observe. I saw them first at a quarter of a 

 mile or less, but followed them with my telescope for a couple of 

 miles. 



Fulmar, Fulmarus glacialis, Linn. — The Rev. W. Green, 

 while in charge of the steamer investigating the Fisheries off the 

 Coast of Ireland (1890 — 91), met with Fulmars in Donegal Bay, 

 within 10 miles of land, in 1890 : and others about 20 miles from 

 land in 1891. 



*Storm Petrel, Procellaria pelagica, Leach.— Breeds at Tory 

 Island and at Kathlin O'Byrne's Island, off Slieve League. 

 Seldom seen from the shore. Large numbers breed on Tory 

 Island, or at least visit the island during the season. I received 

 eggs from there thirty years ago. 



NOTES AND QUERIES, 



MAMMALIA. 



Hybernation of Squirrels. — Referring to the notes which have already 

 appeared (pp. 61, 100, 151, &c), " whether Squirrels are torpid in wiuter," 

 permit me to say that, during many winters passed in the backwoods of 

 North America, I have seen Squirrels frisking among the trees in the 

 c&ldest weather. On bright sunny days especially they delight in chasing 

 each other from tree to tree among the evergreens, and cover the snow 

 with their tracks. The young are born early in the spring : here I speak 

 of the ordinary Red Squirrel. The " Chipmunks," or little striped Ground 

 Squirrels, certainly do not hybernate ; for in the autumn they lay up a 

 store of provision of grains, nuts, &c, for winter, and on fine days may 

 be seen sunning themselves. I have on several occasions come across their 

 hoards, and once saw two large bucketsful of shelled buckwheat taken from 

 the hollow of an old birch tree that the woodmen had chopped down on 

 the edge of a clearing which had been cropped the previous summer with 

 that grain. The instinct of the animal had apparently taught it that in 

 the shelled state the grain would not germinate. — C. Fitzgerald. 



BIRDS. 



On the Colours of the Adult Female Golden Oriole. — Although I 

 have spent many pleasant hours with the Golden Oriole in the Rhineland 

 and in France, studying its nesting habits, listening to the rich flute-like 



