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was found on the outskirts of a wood near Ramelton, Co. Donegal, on the 

 29th, and on the 30th a dying one was picked up near Lough Neagh, and 

 another found at Crumlin, Co. Antrim. By the 1st October they had 

 crossed Ireland, one being seen at Donaghadee, Co. Down, and on the same 

 day one was observed and another picked up dead near Crumlin. One was 

 seen on Lough Neagh on 6th October, and on the 7th a correspondent wrote 

 that " dozens were lying about Moy," Co. Tyrone. On the 9th, 10th, and 

 11th individuals were observed in different parts of the parish of Glen- 

 columbkille, Co. Donegal; and at Inver, in the same county, about the 

 middle of October, one was shot, one picked up dead, and two were seen. 

 I have read reports of other occurrences of this bird in different papers, but 

 all those above mentioned have come under my own notice. It is rather 

 remarkable that I only heard of one Storm Petrel, which was sent in 

 from Toome, Co. Antrim. — Robert Patterson (1, Windsor Park Terrace, 

 Belfast). 



The Fork-tailed Petrel in Ireland. — I send a list of the Fork-tailed 

 Petrels that have come under my observation during the late visitation, 

 which seems to have been pretty general all over Ireland. I have received 

 twenty-seven specimens for preservation from the following localities : — 

 Sept. 28th. — One, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath ; one, Thurles, Co. Tipperary ; 

 two, Galway ; four, Athlone, Co. Westmeath. 29th. — Two, Nenagh, Co. 

 Tipperary; one, Cashel, ditto; one, Athenry, Co. Galway ; one, Dublin 

 city. 30th. — One, Londonderry ; one, Waterford town ; one, Eyrecourt, 

 Co. Galway. Oct. 2nd. — One, Ballyjamesduff, Co. Cavan ; one, Holly- 

 mount, Co. Mayo ; one, Mouutrath, Queen's Co. 3rd. — Two, Galway ; 

 one, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath. 5th. — One, Loughrea, Co. Galway; one, 

 Woodlawn, ditto; one, Carrick-on-Shaunon, Co. Leitrim. 6th. — One, 

 Tralee, Co. Kerry. 9th. — One, Kilcock, Co. Kildare. The birds were in 

 every instance in a very emaciated condition, and all the specimens were 

 just half through their moult — not a perfect-plumaged bird among 

 them. A peculiarity (which I have noticed before in the species) was that 

 six out of the twenty-seven had the tarsus mutilated, one with the leg 

 completely gone. It would be interesting to discover the cause of this, as 

 I have noticed the same thing in the Manx Shearwater, though probably 

 rabbit-traps in the breeding season might account for it in that species. 

 Mr. Frank Neall, writing to Mr. Barrington from Limerick, remarked : — 

 "It may interest you to know, that quite a large number of Storm Petrels 

 were to be seen flying about the Shannon here yesterday (Sept. 27th), right 

 up opposite the town, and, in their eagerness to pick up food, coming within 

 five or six yards of spectators who stood to watch them. A strong westerly 

 wind was blowing all day, but on the whole the day was a fine one without 

 rain." Another correspondent, writing to Dr. Scharff, enclosing a specimen 

 from Moy, Co. Tyrone, states that a number of these birds were found 



