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us that this locahty described by Mr. G. V. Stoney of 
Raphoe {Irish Nat., September, 1912) is the same as that 
which he, himself, referred to (Irish Nat., September, 191 1, 
pp. 150-151)- 
Mr. Stoney has kindly written to say that he saw several 
pairs of Fulmars flying round this cliff in April, 1910, and 
that in May, 1911, he received two Fulmar's eggs, taken 
on the Stags of Broadhaven, almost opposite to Portacloy, 
Co. Mayo. The man who sent them called the bird the 
" Great Shearwater." 
Mr. Stone}' was therefore the first ornithologist to detect 
the Fulmar breeding in Ireland, for he saw them in April, 
1910, at Horn Head, and in May, 1910, obtained eggs from 
north Mayo. He did not publish his discovery nor inform 
i\lr. Usshcr, who, independently, when searching for the 
Golden Eagle in company with Herr Lindner, discovered 
the Fulmar on the mainland, opposite the Stags of Broad - 
haven, and published this fact in the Irish Naturalist, 
August, 1911, as above mentioned. 
In British Birds, July, 1913, I recorded twelve pairs of 
Fulmars breeding on the Great Skellig, Co. Kerry. In 
the Irish Naturalist, August, 1913, p. 164, Mr. Ussher 
mentions Tory Island as a second Donegal station, and 
incidentally refers to the taking of Fulmars' eggs on a 
precipitous island on the Mayo coast. This refers to the 
Stags of Brdadha\ en. 
Reviewing the above data, I am of opinion that the 
Fulmar first settled in Ireland on Horn Head in Co. 
Donegal, then extended to Co. Mayo, and finally to Kerry, 
a distance of about 300 miles in three 3'^ears. 
There is not the slightest necessity to protect this species ; 
its range has been extending southwards on the west coast 
of Europe for many years. Its wonderful gliding powders, 
its graceful and buoyant flight, circling round and round 
with almost motionless wings, render the Fulmar a 
peculiarly attractive bird. 
Fassaroe, Bray. 
