914. 
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outlet of a well near the house. All the shells arc similar in form to those 
of the same species found on the adjacent mainland. Eleven of them are 
additions to the short list publislicd by Mr. Pracgcr last year {I.N., xxii., 
218). 
R, A. Phillips. 
Cork. 
Long-finned Tunny on Shore of Achill Island, Co. Mayo. 
A specimen of the Long-finned Tunny {Thynnus germo, Lacep.) was 
found on the shore at Dugort, Achill Island, last August, and kindly sent 
to the Dubhn Museum by Mr. J. R. Sheridan. A slightly larger specimen, 
found on the coast of Wexford in the autumn of 1901, was described and 
figured by Dr. Scharfi in the Irish Naturalist (vol. ix., p. 105). This 
would seem to be the only previous record of the occurrence of the Long- 
finned Tunny on the Irish coast. The Dugort specimen measures 2 feet 
from the tip of the snout to the fork of the tail, and the pectoral fin is 
9 inches in length ; the corresponding measurements in the Wexford 
specimen being 2 feet 7 inches and 11 inches respectively. 
A. R. Nichols. 
National Museum, Dublin. 
Long-tailed Skua in Co. Donegal. 
On 30th May last ^Ir. J. Harvey saw a Long-tailed Skua, Ster- 
corarius parasiticus, L., at the island of Doagh, Innishowen. He had a 
very powerful glass, and was able to examine it minutely. From his 
description it was an adult bird. 
D. C. Campbell. 
Londonderry. 
Richardson's Skua in Co. Sligo. 
^Ir. D. P. Hope Johnstone, of Laragh, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, informs 
me that he observed a Richardson's Skua on Lough Arrow, on May 3ist» 
On June 6th he also observed and photographed a Buffon's Skua, also on 
Lough Arrow. This bird was " remarkably tame, and after the photo- 
graph had been taken, and when all the films were used, it swam up 
within about six feet of the boat and took a May fly on the water." I 
have seen the photograph mentioned, and it is remarkably clear, though 
small. 
Helen M. Metcalfe. 
Enfield, Co. Kildare. 
The Roseate Tern in Ireland. 
In the current volume of the Irish Naturalist, p. 17, I recorded the 
discovery of a breeding colony of Roseate Terns, Sterna Dougalli, Mont., in 
Ireland last year. I regret to say that tliis year the birds did not return to 
