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in 1863 by Mr. Colin M'Vean, C.E., and that the specimen 

 is in the collection of the late Sir John Campbell Orde, 

 Bart, of Kilmory. 



FULMAR, Fulmarus glacialis. Gray, in his " Birds of the West of 

 Scotland," mentions that the Fulmar once bred in the south 

 isles of Barra, but that none had been seen there in the breed- 

 ing season since 1844. They certainly have not been breeding 

 there for a long time now, but no doubt some may occasionally 

 be seen near the shores, though not often. 



In my former lists I mentioned several species of which 

 only one example had been then observed in Barra. Since 

 then, however, more specimens of some of these have been 

 met with, and some of them may be now regarded as regular 

 visitors on migration. Of these, I may mention the 



WHITETHROAT, Sylvia cinerea, and the WILLOW WREN, Phylloscopus 

 trochilus, as regular summer visitors. 



SEDGE WARBLER, Acrocephahis phragmitis. A pair has visited us 

 once or twice since the first recorded example. 



DIPPER, Cinclus aquaticus. Has been seen almost every year since 

 first record. 



BRAMBLING, Fringilla montijringilla. Several seen during last two 

 winters. 



RING DOVE, Columba palumbus. One or two seen almost every 

 summer and autumn. 



TURTLE DOVE, Turtur communis. A pair of these birds was seen 

 at Eoligary on 22nd May 1897 : the only examples of the 

 species seen since the first record in September 1895. 



ICELAND GULL, Larus leucopterus. A few visit us almost every 

 winter. 



GLAUCOUS GULL, Lams glaucus. Though occasionally seen, this 

 bird is not so common as the Iceland species. 



The BLACKBIRDS are now breeding in numbers all over 

 the island. A few pairs of the HOUSE SPARROW are also 

 breeding, but confine themselves to Castlebay, being as yet 

 evidently too aristocratic to leave the capital of Barra. 



BARRA, March 9, 1898. 



