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lung oiioiigli to lu'gotiato them. The St. Kildans 

 are wonderful fellows on the crags, and most of 

 the performances we saw them go through were 

 done without the aid of a rope ; but, of course, 

 their l)are feet, thoroughly hardened and inured to 

 the touch of thi> sharp rocks, give them a great 

 advantage over men who wear hoots and socks 

 every day of their lives. Their heads, too, being 

 used to the dizzyhig heights from childhood are 

 absolutely unaffected by any vertical depths how- 

 ever great. 



The following is a list of the birds 1 saw and 

 identified on the islands : — 



Fulmar Petrel (Fnhimrus yla- 



f'mJis). 

 ]Man.\ Shearwater (P/ijfi/tus an- 



ylorum). 

 Forked-tailed Petrel (C'l/mo- 



cJi rea-lencorrh oa ) . 

 Great Black-backed Gull {Lanis 



ijiariniis). 

 Lesser P)lack-ljacked (lull (Lanis 



J'uscus). 

 Herring Gull {Larus ((n/eiitattis). 

 Connnon Gull (Larus cfinus). 

 Pazor-bill (AJca torda). 

 Guillemot {Uriu bruennichi). 

 Black Guillemot (Uria grijlle). 

 Puffin {Fratercnla arctiai). 

 8hrtg '^Pltdlacrocora.i' (jrarulus). 



Gannet [Sula hnssana). 



Eider Duck [Somateria ))ioUis- 



siina). 

 Whimbrel (JiKiiieniiis j^Jucoims). 

 Oyster-Catcher [Ilccmatopus os- 



trale(jiis). 

 Dunlin ( Trinya alpina). 

 Raven ( Corvus corax). 

 Hooded Crow {Corvus comix). 

 Starling (Sfurnus vulgaris). 

 Wheatear (Saxicola cenanthe). 

 Rock Pipit {Anthus obscurus). 

 Tree Sparrow {Passer montanus) 

 Twite {Linota Jlavirostris). 

 Bunting {Emberiza miliaria). 

 Swallow {Hirundo rustica). 

 Wren ( Troylodijtps parviilus). 



The Barn Swallow visited us once or twice, but 

 only hawked roinid for an hour or so on each 

 occasion and was gone. 



The Whimljrel was dead, having Ijeen stalked 

 by one of the natives and caught with his fowling 

 rod — a verv clever performance indeed when the 

 shv nature of the bird is taken into consideration. 



