276 Mr. J. A. Harvie-Brown on the 



ReFerring to the lists given below, it will be noticed that 

 Thrushes and Warblers have either increased in numbers or 

 else that our knowledge of their occurrences has become 

 much more perfect. The increase in these cases may per- 

 haps be explained by the planting of trees that has taken 

 place in such districts as Barra. Very noticeable is the 

 record of the Barred Warbler, and still more so that of the 

 Subalpine Warbler, the latter being new to the British List. 

 Not a single Tit has as yet been reported fi'om the Outer 

 Hel)rides; on the other hand, we are able to announce the 

 appearance of the Red-breasted Flycatcher, of the Greenland 

 Redpoll, and of a second specimen of the Blue-throated 

 Warbler. The Swallow, the Rook, and the Lesser Tern now 

 breed within the group, and the numbers of Swans and Ducks 

 are said to be greatly augmented. The occurrences of the 

 Red-necked Phalarope vary considerably from year to year, 

 ])ut are probably neither increasing nor decreasing. The 

 Chough, reported as extinct in the ' Fauna of the Outer 

 Hebrides,' has again made its appearance, while we are 

 beyond measure glad to learn that the Sea-Eagle has fairly 

 held its own since 1888. The foreign wild-fowl, introduced 

 upon Lord Dunmore's property at Rodel, seem to have 

 entirely disappeared. The occurrence of a Corn-Crake in 

 winter is remarkable. 



The sources of my information have been many and 

 various. Subsequently to a tour in 1870, when Colonel 

 Feilden and I explored Harris, INorth Uist, Barra, and 

 South Uist, not to mention the smaller islands, I returned 

 to Newton in North Uist in 1879, and spent several 

 weeks there before leaving for St. Kilda with Professor 

 Ileddle. The Shiant Islands, the Hysgeir group off N. 

 Uist, the Flannen Islands, and N. Rona were visited between 

 that year and 1885 — all in the spring or early summer. In 

 1887, I began a series of trips in the yacht ' Shiantelle,' built 

 at Fraserburgh, in the course of which I reached N. Rona, 

 Souliskerry, Stack-&-Skerry {sic), and eventually Shetland ; 

 and 1 visited the Faeroes in the yacht ' Daydream' in 1894. 

 In consequence I have been able to add greatly to my store 



