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great series, and earned for him a world-wide reputation. 

 He possessed, too, a wide knowledge of PaLxarctic birds ; 

 wrote the bird section of the " Antarctic Manual " ; was 

 joint Editor of two series of " The Ibis " ; and was Secretary 

 of the British Ornithologists' Union. Much more might be 

 written about Howard Saunders, but enough has been 

 alluded to to indicate how great is his loss to the science 

 of ornithology. 



As a man and a friend it is impossible to speak of him 

 in terms too high. His great strength of character, his 

 amiable disposition, his honourable nature, his helpfulness 

 to all who sought his aid, won for him a host of friends ; 

 and we doubt if he ever made a single enemy. The death 

 of such a man is very greatly to be deplored on many 

 grounds. 



It may interest the readers of the " Annals " to know 

 that before he died, Mr. Saunders expressed the desire that 

 Mr. Eagle Clarke should edit such future editions of his 

 " British Birds " as might be called for, and that all his notes 

 have been placed in Mr. Eagle Clarke's hands for that 

 purpose. 



NOTES ON BIRDS OBSERVED IN THE SCOTTISH 

 ISLANDS DURING THE SPRING AND 

 AUTUMN OF 1907. 



By The Duchess of Bedford. 



On the 2nd June, I left Invergordon in my yacht for 

 Orkney. On the 4th, I anchored in Rousay Sound and 

 visited some of the adjacent islands. Soon after leaving 

 the yacht, I had a close view of two Great Northern Divers 

 in full summer plumage. Landing on one of the small 

 islands, I found nests of the following species, many of 

 which, owing to the lateness of the nesting season, contained 

 but one egg. Great Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, 

 Common Gull, Black-headed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 

 Lapwing, Oyster-Catcher, Black Guillemot, Arctic Tern, and 

 Eider Ducks. There were two large colonies of Arctic 



