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Mr. George Tate on the Fame Islands. 



Class CONCHIFERA, Lamarck 



Fam. OsTREiDiB. 



Anomia Ephippium. 



aculeata. 



Pecten pusio, Pennant. 



raaxiraus. 



opercularis. 



tigrinus. 



Fam. Mytilid^b. 

 Mytilus edulis. 

 Modiola ]Modioliis. 

 barbata. 



Fam. ARCADiE. 

 Area tetragona. 



Fam. CARDIADiE. 



Cardiura edule. 

 '• Norvegicum. 



Fam. LuciNiDiK. 

 Lucina borealis. 

 Kellia suborbicularis, Montagu. 



Fam. Cyprinid^. 

 Cyprina Islandica. 



CRUSTACEA 

 Subclass Malacostraca. 

 Order Decapoda. 

 Fam. Brachyura. 

 Hyas araneus, Linn. 

 Cancer pagurus, Linn. 

 Portunus puber, Linn. 

 depurator. 



A few incidental notices of the Birds on the Fame Islands 

 have been given in the general description, but I am enabled, 

 through the kindness of one of our Members — the distinguished 

 ornithologist, Prideaux Selby, Esq., — to present the following 

 complete 



" Catalogue of the Birds which inhabit or resort to the Fame 



Islands. 



Order INSESSORES, Vigors. 



Tribe Fissirostres, Cuv. 



Fam. HiRUNDiNiDiE, Vig. 



Genus Hirundo, Linn. 



Hirundo rustica. Common or Chimney Swallow. 



Breeds in the tower of the old lighthouse and chimneys of 

 the dwelling of the lighthouse keeper. 



Fam. VENERIDiE. 



Venus fasciata, Donovan. 



striatula, Donovan. 



casina. 



Artemis exolcta. 

 Tapes puUastra, Wood. 

 virgiuea. 



Fam. Mactrid^e. 

 Mactra solida. 



Fam. Tellinid^. 

 Tellina crassa, Pennant. 

 Psamraobia Ferroensis, Chemnitz. 



telliuella. 



Syndosmya alba, Wood. 

 Donax anatinus, Lam. 



Fam. SoLENlDyE. 



Soleu siliqua. 



Fam. Myacid^. 

 Mya arenaria. 

 Saxicava rugosa. 



arctica. 



Fam. Anatinid^e. 

 Thracia phaseolina, Lam. 



Fam. Anomoura. 



Lithodes Maia, Leach. 

 Pagurus Bernhardus, Linn. 

 Porcellana longicornis, Linn. 

 Galathea strigosa, Fabr. 



