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great haunt of the common scoter on the Irish coast. Of this latter 
species, the Rev. G. M. Black, when sailing off the Skerries and Bal- 
briggan, saw several small flocks so late as the month of April (1850). 
Tufted Duck, vol. iii. p. 141. 
The Rev. G. Robinson, writing to me on the 25th of April, 1850, 
remarked, that tufted ducks are still on Lough Neagh, and are wild, 
not admitting the approach of his boat within eighty or a hundred 
yards before taking wing. On the 4th of May I saw one of these 
ducks on the lake, and learned from a fisherman at Maghery, that they, 
pochards and golden-eves, are commonly taken in the fishing-nets near 
this place. A few birds, rarely more than four or five in number, be- 
come meshed in the nets during the night, and are brought ashore in 
the morning. The water in which they are captured does not exceed 
twelve feet in depth. 
Black-throated Diver, vol. iii. ^p. 201. 
Mr. Watters writes to me that on the 8th of October, 1850, he ob- 
tained an immature bird shot between Howth and Kingstown. He 
describes it as “ larger in size than the red-throated diver, and in nearly 
similar plumage, except that the throat and neck are closely mottled 
with black, and the feathers, when raised, are deep black underneath.” 
Gannet, vol. iii. p. 264. 
I am much gratified to be enabled to add the following statement 
to that of Mr. Townsend at the page referred to. The Stags of Broad- 
haven being mentioned by Arthur Edwin Knox, Esq., in his very 
pleasing work * Game Birds and Wildfowl, &c., 5 just published, I wrote 
to that gentleman on the subject of the gannet’s breeding there, and he 
replied (January 8, 1851), “ It used, when I was a boy, to breed, but 
not in numbers, on the Stags of Broadhaven. I cannot say that I 
have seen their nests, but I have shot the young birds as well as the 
old ones on the wing, when passing through those islands in an open 
boat. The young ones were well able to fly, but apparently had only 
lately left the nest. I speak of many years ago.” The writer has 
not had the opportunity of knowing anything of the gannets there for 
a long period. 
Little Auk, vol. iii. p. 218. 
December 10, 1848. At this date Mr. R. J. Montgomery wrote to 
