1906. Pattkrson. — Birds of Ireland and the Isle af Man. 167 
The following birds on the Irish breeding list do not appear 
to breed in the Isle of Man : — 
Whinchat. 
Pochard. 
Redstart. 
Tufted Duck. 
Blackcap. 
Common Scoter. 
Garden Warbler. 
Red-breasted Merganser. 
Lor.g-tailed Tit. 
Rock Dove. 
Coal Tit. 
Turtle Dove. 
Yellow Wagtail. 
Spotted Crake. 
Siskin. 
Golden Plover. 
Twite. 
Red-necked Phalarope. 
Bullfinch. 
Woodcock. 
Crossbill. 
Dunlin. 
Jay. 
Common Sandpiper. 
Carrion Crow. 
Redshank. 
Woodlark. 
Sandwich Tern. 
Kingfisher. 
Roseate Tern. 
Barn Owl. 
Common Tern. 
Marsh -Harrier. 
Black-headed Gull. 
Hen Harrier. 
Great Black-backed Gull. 
Golden Eagle. 
Red-throated Diver. 
White-tailed Eagle. 
Great Crested Grebe. 
Gannet. 
Storm Petrel. 
Heron. 
P'ork-tailed Petrel. 
Shoveler. 
Manx Shearwater. 
Pintail. 
A glance at this list will show how much Man is affected by 
the absence of " wood " and water," taking these in general 
terms. Of course some species, such as Crossbill, Kingfisher, 
Barn Owl, and one or two others inay breed in Man, but the in- 
formation to hand does not prove it. The details of the 
actual breeding are much fuller and clearer in " The Birds of 
Ireland " than in " The Birds of Man." 
One of the longest and most interesting articles in Mr. 
Ralfe's book is that on the Manx Shearwater (pp. 259 to 270). 
Willoughby described it in 1676 from a specimen taken on 
the Calf of Man, but the colony had been already briefly 
mentioned by Camden in 1586, and Chaloner^ in 1656, had 
given a quaint account of the " Puffines," and from that time 
down various writers on Man have described them with more 
or less fantastic details as to habits. In the account of 
*The Profits of the Calve Island this year' (1708) is incluaed 
'the Puffins of ye sd Isle this year being 2,618 birds at 
\d.^ ;£i3 5^. 6^/.' (Manx Note-Book No. 8, p. 190)." Bishop 
