102 ROOK 
reef of Conister, associating with Gulls and Cormorants ; 
indeed, about Douglas Bay they are very abundant. At 
Castletown in 1890 a rookery in the trees at Lorn House 
overflowed across a narrow road to Bridge House opposite, 
where two nests were built upon the chimneys; and again 
in 1899 I noticed one in the same position, while in 1902 
no fewer than four were placed there. 
The following list of Manx rookeries, which it is hoped 
is nearly complete, may in future years be useful for com- 
parison. They are most numerous in the best cultivated 
districts, and exist well up some of the glens; in the 
uplands they are scarcer. 
Town oF Dovetas.—Villa Marina (large); Fort Anne ; Wood- 
burn House ; Castletown Road near Nunnery gate; in small 
numbers about Victoria Road, Woodville, Castle Mona 
grounds, etc. (1894); Laureston; in 1902-3 a few nests 
in trees opposite Prospect Terrace (Mr. F. Nicholson). 
Town oF CAsTLETOWN.—Lorn House; Westhill; a few nests 
about houses in the ‘ Crofts’ and elsewhere. 
Town oF Ramsey.—About Ballure Chapel and neighbouring 
houses on outskirts of the town ; Auburn House; Cronkbrae 
and Hillside; Court House ; and probably scattered nests 
elsewhere. 
Parish oF BrappAn.—The Nunnery (large); Spring Valley ; 
Ballaughton ; Pulrose House; Kirby (formerly large, now 
much reduced); Braddan Church; (the whole valley from 
Douglas to Braddan has an almost continuous rookery in its 
plantations, and colonies continue very numerous along the 
central depression toward St. John’s, the line of the Dhoo 
valley, and the Peel railway and highroad); Ballamona ; 
Union Mills; Mount Rule; Ballachrink (West Baldwin) ; 
Ballig (West Baldwin) ; Baldwin village (a few nests). 
PARISH OF ONCHAN.—Bemahague ; Ballacurry and elsewhere in 
Onchan village ; Nursery Hotel ; Cannon’s ‘Orchard’; Sunny- 
side ; Glencrutchery ; Willaston ; Ballabrooie ; Ballamenagh ; 
Balliargey. 
