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rare. It was last recorded in November, 1902. The Eared 

 Grebe is mentioned as having occurred at Scilly in November, 

 1867. A second example was shot by Joe White beside the 

 Plump Eock, Tresco, on Feb. 14th, 1895. The Little Grebe is 

 not infrequently found at Tresco during the autumn and winter, 

 and has been seen on the Long Pool for several weeks in succes- 

 sion. It has never been known to breed. 



The Stormy Petrel still breeds, though in greatly diminished 

 numbers, in chinks and under boulders on the Western Islands. 

 Previous to 1863 it appears to have been fairly common, but only 

 a few pairs seem to nest there now. Its favourite locality is un- 

 fortunately only too well known, and one or two eggs are taken 

 almost every year. For the last three years it has bred on 

 Annett. A specimen of Leach's Petrel in poor condition was 

 picked up on St. Agnes late in the autumn of 1869, but the 

 species has not been noticed since. 



The Great Shearwater is a fairly regular visitor in flocks 

 during autumn and winter to the seas around the islands, and is 

 occasionally recorded from the Seven Stones. It has probably 

 never been seen among the islands. The Manx Shearwater 

 breeds in prodigious numbers on Annett, and it is not at all un- 

 common to find this bird and the Puffin sitting side by side in the 

 same burrow. There is also a small nesting colony near Piper's 

 Hole, Tresco, and C. J. King has found dead birds on the south 

 of St. Agnes. During the breeding season the sea in the evening 

 for half a mile out from Annett towards Samson is thick with 

 them, and they are so tame that they will scarcely move out of 

 the way of the advancing launch. In August they go out to sea, 

 but for weeks before that a continuous stream of small parties of 

 six or eight may be seen almost every evening coming up Smith 

 Sound, and collecting into two or three immense flocks on the 

 water to the north of Annett, where they remain till nightfall. 



