4 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



it was too late in the day to look for nests. I also saw 

 three Red-throated Divers on one of the lochs, many 

 Meadow- and Rock-Pipits, and a Corn Bunting. 



The following day I walked over to the western shore, 

 where I again saw several pairs of Fulmars, three Mergansers 

 on an inland loch, and the usual Gulls, Guillemots, etc., the 

 Black-headed Gull only being absent, and the Great Black- 

 backed Gull very scarce. Returning to the yacht, I had 

 a close view of a pair of White Wagtails at the foot of 

 Roer Water Burn. In the afternoon we left for Cullivoe, 

 Yell. Off Outsta Ness, I saw five Eider Ducks, which are 

 scarce here comparatively ; many Fulmars, Richardson's 

 Skuas, and the usual sea birds. 



June 9 : I landed on Unst. Great numbers of Kitti- 

 wakes were flying down the Sound in one continuous stream. 

 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, Black Guillemots, Herring Gulls, 

 Common Gulls, Richardson's Skuas, Puffins, Common 

 Guillemots, Razorbills, Starlings, Meadow-Pipits, Rock- 

 Pipits, Skylarks, and Shags, were all abundant. There were 

 a few Eider Ducks, Mergansers, and Oyster- Catchers in 

 all the little bays. Three pairs of Curlews and a few 

 Lapwings seemed to be nesting on the moor. Twites are 

 always to be seen near the houses. In addition to the 

 above, one Ringed Plover, a few Arctic Terns, and two 

 pairs of Hooded Crows, were all that I saw. 



In the afternoon we left for Balta Sound, seeing nothing 

 of note on the way except Gannets. I walked over to 

 Burra Firth on arrival, but the weather being very stormy, 

 I only saw a few Sparrows about the houses at Haroldswick, 

 and one or two Wrens. June 10 being again very stormy, 

 I could do little bird-watching. I bicycled over to the 

 Loch of Cliff, seeing the following birds, six Swallows, two 

 Corn-Buntings, one Dunlin, several Richardson's Skuas, and 

 many Wheatears, Twites, Lesser Black-backed and Herring 

 Gulls, Oyster-Catchers, Starlings, and Meadow-Pipits. 



June ii: I bicycled again to Loch Cliff and walked 

 up Hermaness to see the colony of Great Skuas. On 

 the way up, I passed a large colony of Richardson's 

 Skuas with one pair of Great Skuas amongst them. The 

 watcher told me that he knew of forty-two nests of the Great 



